The University of Maine’s National Study on Student Hazing was cited in a News Channel 9 WSYR (Syracuse, N.Y.) report on hazing following the suspension of the men’s lacrosse team at Cornell University and the boy’s cross-country team at Baldwinsville High School in Baldwinsville, N.Y. The UMaine study found 61 percent of male college students […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News were among news organizations to report an increase in calls to the Public Utilities Commission to release details of the University of Maine’s offshore wind project proposal. The two chairmen of the committee that oversees energy issues in the Maine Legislature were the latest to publicly ask for […]
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The University of Maine’s National Study on Student Hazing was cited in a Bloomberg News article on the suspension of Cornell University’s men’s lacrosse program following a hazing incident two years after the death of a sophomore led the school to ban hazing. The study found more than half of all U.S. college students in […]
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A Bangor Daily News article on increased movie making in Maine cited an economic impact report on film production and photography in the state by Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine. The study found the Maine film and photography sectors generate an annual statewide economic contribution of $117.7 million in output […]
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Kate Garland, horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for the latest installment of its “Backyard Gardener” series. Garland spoke about harvesting fall crops and the importance of planting a cover crop.
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A University of Maine study done for the Boothbay Region Land Trust was cited in the WLBZ (Channel 2) article “Boothbay Land Trust trails lure tourists.” The study estimates more than 13,000 people use the trails annually — many of them tourists and summer residents — and visitors spend more than $70 per day in […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with a Corinth farmer who followed advice from the University of Maine for a report on this year’s pumpkin harvest. Despite poor harvesting reports around the state due to wet weather, Beverly Tate said her fields are doing well after following a tip from UMaine to cut pumpkins from vines with […]
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Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article “Cross Insurance Center gets high marks for comfort, quality, but patrons say food prices on high side” after a performance by the Harlem Globetrotters, the first ticketed event, was held in the new Bangor arena. Gabe said […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Suicide prevention is not what you think,” by Charles McKay, a clinical intern and graduate assistant at the University of Maine Counseling Center and Touchstone Resources. UWire also carried a piece by McKay previewing a free seminar on relationship skills that is being offered by the center.
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Kennebec Journal, Times Union and Sun Journal were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press report on documents that show Gov. Paul LePage’s administration worked to derail Statoil’s agreement with the state for an offshore wind project, paving the way for the University of Maine to submit a proposal. The Maine Public Broadcasting Network also […]
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