The Washington Post, Fox News, ESPN and NHL.com were among several news organizations to report on the University of Maine’s decision to buy out the last year of men’s hockey coach Tim Whitehead’s contract. The Bangor Daily News also reported several former UMaine players are among potential candidates to replace Whitehead.
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Habib Dagher, UMaine Professor and head of the school’s Offshore Wind Laboratory, about his team’s plan to launch a test turbine in late May off Castine. The team plans to launch a $1 million model, made of advanced composites, that is one-eighth the size of its planned Aqua Ventus […]
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A Portland Press Herald article on a proposal to allow fishermen to keep and sell lobsters they catch in trawling nets cited a 2011 report by University of Maine School of Marine Sciences Professor Bob Steneck. Steneck’s report said if lobster bycatch were allowed it could create a “perverse incentive for draggers to target large […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and 560 WGAN News Radio reported preliminary work has begun on a $15 million project to renovate the University of Maine Field House and Memorial Gymnasium. The Field House will be renamed the New Balance Field House.
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An article about research by University of Maine School of Marine Sciences Professor Ian Bricknell was recently included on The Fish Site. Bricknell’s research looked at how using mussels in an Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture system can reduce the threat of ISA to fish.
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Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Maine’s Hancock County, carried an article about the countywide food drive organized by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Washington Hancock Community Agency. Organizers called the drive a success after collecting 12,350 items. Fenceviewer talked to Marjorie Peronto, educator at the University of Maine Cooperative […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the UMaine announcement that film producer and alumnus Lawrence Bender will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary degree at the 211th Commencement on May 11.
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WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) covered a teach-in conference held at UMaine on Sunday. The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine and the Maine Alliance for the Common Good hosted the conference, “Budget for All — Why Not?” Activists discussed issues such as health care and student loan debt. […]
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Targeted News Service included the UMaine announcement that film producer and alumnus Lawrence Bender will receive an honorary degree from UMaine at the 211th Commencement on May 11.
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Laurie Hicks, a UMaine art professor, at the annual Maine Art Association Conference on campus Saturday. Hicks spoke about the need to problem solve when it comes to funding for the arts.
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