Newburyport News of Massachusetts interviewed first-year chemistry student and Amesbury, Mass. native Bryer Sousa about winning a $10,000 Projects for Peace Grant from the Davis Foundation. Sousa, who researches water filters, will travel to Honduras in June to install filters in an impoverished region of the country. WaterWorld magazine and The Weekly also carried reports.
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The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, W.Va. spoke to Lenard Kaye, director of UMaine’s Center on Aging, at the seventh annual Drug Prevention Summit on April 11 in Huntington, W.Va. Kaye, who presented at the summit, spoke about Maine’s prescription drug mail-back program.
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Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Maine’s Hancock County, previewed a talk by Stephen Hornsby, University of Maine professor and historian. Hornsby will speak at Acadia Senior College in Bar Harbor on April 26.
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The spring issue of “Colloquy,” the alumni magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, cites the news of two recently discovered minerals named for UMaine research professor Edward Grew. Grew has been studying minerals for more than half a century and has helped discover 13 new ones.
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The Bangor Daily News recently published an opinion piece titled “Old Age is an Excellent Time for Outrage” by Lenard Kaye, director of UMaine’s Center on Aging.
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A number of media outlets, including The Associated Press, reported on UMaine’s April 16 announcement of the seven-member search committee for the head coach of the men’s ice hockey team.
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the 4th annual Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase on Tuesday at the Wells Conference Center on campus. Ali Abedi, director of the Center for Undergraduate Research, was interviewed for the report.
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Lauri Sidelko, director of the Student Wellness Resource Center at UMaine, spoke to WABI (Channel 5) about her experience running in the Boston Marathon during the explosions.
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Around 200 people, including runners and UMaine students, gathered at Alfond Stadium at 9 p.m. Tuesday to run a mile in honor of the Boston Marathon tragedy victims. WABI (Channel 5) covered the event.
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The Portland Press Herald published an opinion piece by Tony Brinkley, senior faculty associate at the University of Maine’s Franco-American Centre, and Margaret Lukens, academic director of UMaine’s Innovation Engineering program. The article argues for adding a fifth year after high school.
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