The Ellsworth American’s fenceviewer website has advanced the four-day international conference, “The American Lobster in a Changing Ecosystem: A U.S.-Canada Science Symposium,” Nov. 27–30, on the status of the lobster fishery, being held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. Rick Wahle, a research associate professor in the UMaine School of Marine Sciences, […]
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Several news organizations continued reporting on the investigation into the fatal aircraft crash Nov. 16 at the Knox County Regional Airport, in which two University of Maine students and a recent graduate died. Coverage included reports by Channel 2 (WLBZ), Channel 7 (WVII) and the Bangor Daily News. An earlier Bangor Daily News article about […]
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The science website PhysOrg has posted an article about the discovery of novel and hybrid strains of a fungus lethal to amphibians that was made possible through an extensive collection of frog fungus cultures from around the world at the Maine Chytrid Laboratory in UMaine’s School of Biology and Ecology. UMaine mycologist Joyce Longcore, a […]
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Multiple news organizations, including ABC World News, the Washington Post and USA Today carried an Associated Press article on the deaths of two University of Maine students and a recent alumnus in an airplane crash Nov. 16 at the Knox County Regional Airport in Owls Head. Coverage included interviews UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs […]
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University of Maine Museum of Art director and curator George Kinghorn was noted in a Bangor Daily News story for winning an award during an event sponsored by Bangor Fusion, the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce’s networking group of younger residents. Kinghorn won the the Fusion Leadership and Vision Award (FLAVA), which recognizes an individual, […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about former UMaine biochemistry professor and longtime conservationist Sally Jacobs of Orono, who passed away Nov. 12. Jacobs, who taught at UMaine for 35 years after moving to the state in the early 1960s, advocated for conservation and is credited with establishing several significant bicycle trails, including the […]
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Channel 7 (WVII) noted on its website that the University of Maine New Balance Student Recreation Center is hosting a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nov. 14–15, organized by the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism to benefit the American Red Cross. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
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A profile in Mainebiz on the Richmond-based Wyman & Simpson engineering and construction company noted that the composite-concrete technology the company has been using to build lightweight, economical bridges came from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center research and development. Company president and UMaine alumnus Doug Herman said the company used a […]
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Comments from University of Maine professor of resource economics Jonathan Rubin were included in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology news article about an MIT study on new government standards to improve motor vehicle efficiency. The researchers said that while recent efficiency requirements may save consumers money and cut carbon emissions, an “economy-wide” carbon tax might […]
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University of Maine assistant professor of social work Jennifer Middleton was interviewed for a Channel 7 (WVII) report that appeared during the 7 a.m. news on Nov. 14. The report detailed a $3.9 million, federally funded, five-year collaborative project led by the Bangor-based Children and Families Together and the UMaine School of Social Work to […]
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