The Associated Press previewed the Sen. George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability at the University of Maine on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Jane Lubchenco, a marine ecologist, environmental scientist and the first female administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will deliver a lecture titled “Science Serving Society: Achieving Real-World Solutions.” The Houston Chronicle, […]
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Adrienne Leppold, a Ph.D. student in Rebecca Holberton’s Lab of Avian Biology at the University of Maine, spoke with Down East magazine about her research on songbird migration in the Gulf of Maine. Leppold and Holberton are among more than two dozen researchers in the U.S. and Canada who are working together through the Northeast […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported a seismometer at the University of Maine detected a deadly earthquake in Pakistan. Alice Kelley, an assistant research professor at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, told WVII it took 13 minutes for the first wave from Pakistan to reach Maine.
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Former University of Maine graduate student Ian McCullough’s study of water clarity in Maine lakes was cited in a Portland Press Herald story about lake quality decline. The paper covered the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s report titled “Troubled Waters” that indicates programs to protect lakes have been eliminated due to cuts in staffing and […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for an article on Independent Eliot Cutler formally announcing he will run for governor in 2014. Brewer spoke about the public’s undecided view of Cutler, saying it’s possible the public doesn’t have a strong view or fully formed […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a new program offered by the Challenger Learning Center and the University of Maine’s Society of Women Engineers to create a mentoring program for future engineers. The Discover Engineering program is free and open to eighth graders.
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The Weekly previewed the University of Maine Museum of Art’s three new fall exhibitions. The exhibits — Sachiko Akiyama: “On Finding Home;” Susan Burnstine and Lynn Saville: “From the Shadows;” and Gregory Kalliche: “GPOY” — open Friday, Oct. 4 and run through Jan. 4 at the Bangor museum.
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Yahoo Finance, The Sacramento Bee, WLBZ (Channel 2) and Boston.com were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press report that states despite increasing pressure from lawmakers and environmental groups, lawyers for the University of Maine and Maine Aqua Ventus said the detail of the proposed offshore wind project must be kept secret as […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, president-elect of the Institute of Food Technologists and professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, was interviewed for a Time magazine article on Burger King’s new healthier french fries called Satisfries. Camire spoke about the fat-fighting batter technique the fast food chain is using on the new […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a new program being offered by the Challenger Learning Center and the University of Maine for future engineers. The Discover Engineering program is free and open to eighth graders. Students who take part will be partnered with college mentors who are studying engineering.
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