4-traders reported on the opening of a new laboratory by Texas Instruments Inc. and the University of Maine. The lab will be used for hands-on engineering classes in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Barrows Hall. Texas Instruments invested $60,000 to engage students in their engineering education and help create tomorrow’s innovators.
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Mark Brewer, an associate professor of political science at the University of Maine, for an article about Shenna Bellows, the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, announcing she will challenge U.S. Sen Susan Collins in the 2014 election. Brewer said Bellows is starting out as […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the renovated University of Maine field house should open in January 2014. Will Biberstein, UMaine’s associate athletic director for internal operations, told the BDN the project is going well, but the opening was delayed about a month due to unexpected complications from working on a nearly 90-year-old building.
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News and Portland Press Herald reported on the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s ruling that the University of Maine and its partner companies must reveal some details of their offshore wind power project proposal by the end of the month. The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Maine Public Broadcasting Network and WLBZ (Channel 2) were among […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about campaign spending for the report titled “Observers predict flood of third party spending in Maine’s upcoming legislative races.” Brewer said Mainers should expect to see even more campaign ads next year than during the last election.
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Ian Bricknell, director of the Aquaculture Research Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in an article about the importance of providing dissolved oxygen to captured lobsters in the Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance publication “Landings: News and Views from Maine’s Lobstering Community.” Bricknell also said oxygen that is dissolved by water is important biologically […]
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The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on the success of the Maine Shared Collections Strategy in the article “Short on space, libraries look to one another for solutions.” The Maine Shared Collections Strategy is a collaborative effort by nine Maine libraries, including the University of Maine’s Fogler Library, to work together to share and preserve […]
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The Weekly reported on the dedication of the Wyeth Family Studio Art Center at the University of Maine. The new Art Department facility at Stewart Commons was dedicated in honor of the three generations of Wyeths whose paintings have been inspired by Maine.
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John Mahon, a management professor and John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy at the University of Maine, spoke with the Sun Journal about actor and Lewiston native Patrick Dempsey and his ability to raise funds for his charities in the area, including the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing and […]
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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 fall lawn care such as raking and composting.
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