RedOrbit recently reported on a study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany on how different environments affect biological rhythms of birds. University of Maine biologist Harold Dowse and researchers from the University of Glasgow in Scotland contributed to the study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B that found […]
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Orono Spectral Solutions Inc. of Bangor received the Tibbetts Award for excellence in small business innovation research in May at the White House, according to an article in The Weekly. Carl Tripp, who works in the University of Maine’s Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, co-founded the company in 2004 after realizing his research done […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald and WABI (Channel 5) were among news organizations to report Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to veto a wide-ranging energy bill that won support in the Legislature. LePage vetoed the bill because an amendment was not added to help the University of Maine’s offshore wind project. The House overrode […]
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William “Dee” Nichols, dean of the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Bangor Daily News about UMaine’s low rating in a national study on teacher-training programs. Nichols questioned the methodology and goal of the National Council on Teacher Quality study that ranked 1,430 education programs […]
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The Mainebiz article “CEO group advances early education effort” focuses on a Maine Early Learning Investment Group study on the fiscal benefits of creating a statewide early childhood education system for those with low incomes. Philip Trostel, economist at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and the School of Economics at the University of Maine, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) cited a University of Maine study in a story about the Maine Senate unanimously passing a measure that will help protect children and pregnant women from harmful chemicals in household products. The study found just four environmentally related childhood diseases in Maine lead to at least $380 million in preventable costs every […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported Gov. Paul LePage said he would veto a wide-ranging energy bill that won support in the legislature if an amendment to help the University of Maine’s offshore wind project isn’t included.
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Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Hancock County, Maine, recently published the article titled “Developers hoping for big impact from first offshore wind energy turbine in U.S.” The article is about VolturnUS, the turbine developed by the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium, and how investors hope it will positively affect how electricity is […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Black Bear Sports Properties, a division of Learfield Sports and multimedia rights holder for UMaine athletics, has made a five-year agreement with Blueberry Broadcasting and Waterfront Communications to air UMaine athletic events on the radio. All football, men’s ice hockey, basketball, baseball and select softball games will be broadcast starting […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported researchers and students in the University of Maine Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are developing computerized street lights designed to help drivers avoid hitting moose on rural roads that don’t have street lights. Andrew Sheaff, a UMaine lecturer who is overseeing the project, told the Press Herald the solar-powered […]
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