The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported the Maine Legislature passed a comprehensive energy bill despite Gov. Paul LePage’s veto. LePage says he wants the University of Maine, rather than the Norwegian company Statoil, to have a chance to secure support from electric ratepayers for its offshore wind energy pilot project before he supports the bill.
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The newest entry in the Bangor Daily News blog “Education: Future Imperfect,” by University of Maine Professor of History Howard Segal is online.
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The Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2) and WABI (Channel 5) were among several news organizations to report on the Special Olympics Summer Games that were held at the University of Maine.
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A 2008 University of Maine study was cited in an International Science Times article on a hazing incident in Virginia. The research found 55 percent of college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing.
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Nory Jones, professor of management information systems at the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the decision of several businesses to stop sponsoring the local tevelsion show “Atlantic Adventures” after a video of the show’s host using a slur went viral. Jones spoke about the importance […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a University of Maine press release about graduate students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department providing speech therapy services to underserved clients in rural areas through virtual sessions.
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently issued a press release recognizing the nation’s first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine prototype off the coast of Castine. The turbine was created by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its partners.
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A Bangor Daily News column titled “5 Things to do This Weekend” included the current exhibit at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. UMMA is displaying finalists for the I-95 Triennial, a jury show that provides art from several New England artists.
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The Bangor Daily News reported the Maine Senate passed a comprehensive energy bill despite Gov. Paul LePage’s veto. LePage says he wants the University of Maine, rather than the Norwegian company Statoil, to have a chance to secure support from electric ratepayers for its offshore wind energy pilot project before he supports the bill.
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The Associated Press reported on University of Maine researchers’ participation in an international scientific expedition in the Arctic to investigate planktonic ecosystems in the context of climate change. Marine science professors Emmanuel Boss and Lee Karp Boss, and oceanography graduate students Alison Chase and Thomas Leeuw will take turns on board a sailing research vessel […]
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