The Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News reported that while fall enrollment in the University of Maine System is down 2 percent from a year ago, enrollment at the University of Maine is up 3.2 percent. WGME (Channel 13), the Sun Journal in Lewiston, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, NECN.com, WLBZ […]
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The University of Maine’s 9,000-pound offshore wind turbine prototype VolturnUS is featured in an Al Jazeera America article titled “A turning point for offshore wind energy?” The article describes the “floating lab” that since this summer has been collecting data and producing enough energy for five homes off the coast of Castine, Maine. It also […]
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Bangor Daily News editorial page editor Erin Rhoda highlights University of Maine graduate student Rachael Joyce in a blog titled Arguably. Joyce, who is studying civil engineering and works at the university’s Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center developing offshore wind turbine technology, also assists her boyfriend with Volition Ski Co. — a startup company […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with University of Maine alumni Dave Manz (2007) and Jonathan Englehart (2013), who work for PC Construction, the Portland, Maine, company refurbishing the New Balance Field House. Manz, the project engineer, ran track and field for the Black Bears, WVII reported.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Orono, Maine, native Steve Abbott’s three-year tenure as athletic director was a period of “competitive teams, key coaching changes and considerable growth.” Abbott stepped aside as athletic director Friday, Nov. 15 to again serve as U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ chief of staff. UMaine President Paul Ferguson appointed Seth Woodcock […]
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A number of media outlets, including the Portland Press Herald, reported that the UMaine football team captured its first-ever Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) football crown when it blanked Rhode Island 41–0 on Saturday to improve to 8–0 in the conference and 10–1 overall. The Bangor Daily News, WCSH6, and WMTW also covered the feat.
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The Morning Sentinel reported on the chance for University of Maine graduate Lucie (Belanger) Amundsen, formerly of Winslow and now of Wrenshall, Minn., and her husband, to win a free Super Bowl ad for their egg farm company, Locally Laid. Locally Laid is one of four finalists in an online contest sponsored by Intuit titled […]
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Mark Brewer, University of Maine associate professor of political science, was interviewed for a WVII (Channel 7) story about problems with the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Brewer said the Obama administration should quickly fix the website problems and move swiftly to entice young people to enroll rather than opt to pay a penalty.
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The Wiscasset Newspaper reported on a public meeting Nov. 14 in Bristol about the proposal by Maine Aqua Ventus, a public-private consortium led by the University of Maine that seeks to develop two full-scale floating wind turbines off the coast of Monhegan Island. The paper said that Jake Ward, UMaine vice president for innovation and […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried a story by the Sun Journal that reported state energy regulators with the Maine Public Utilities Commission will soon release information contained in a proposal by Maine Aqua Ventus, a public-private consortium led by the University of Maine that seeks to develop two full-scale floating wind turbines off the coast […]
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