The Bangor Daily News had a roundup of news and notes from UMaine athletics, including the announcement that women’s basketball coach Richard Barron will make an appearance next week on the ESPN show “Outside the Lines.” Also mentioned was the UMaine softball team’s new fundraising project selling commemorative bricks to fund improvements at Kessock Field. […]
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The Bangor Daily News today carried an article advancing UMaine’s Muslim Students Association’s Islamic Awareness Weekend activities. Discussions and events are planned March 30 and March 31. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Paul Culina, the head trainer for UMaine athletics, was interviewed Thursday morning on Bangor TV station WABI about the Sgt. Leroy Patterson Scholarship Fund Benefit Hockey Game, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday, April 1 at Alfond Arena. Patterson, who died in January, was a 33-year veteran of the UMaine Department of Public Safety. […]
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The Westbrook High School Symphonic Band was the subject of a story in the weekly American Journal, which noted the band will play at a Wednesday, April 11 event to kick off the inauguration of UMaine President Paul W. Ferguson. The band will play alongside the University of Maine Symphonic Band in a free concert […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a report about UMaine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron, who is undertaking a major recruiting trip through 10 countries. Barron will have visited Italy, Serbia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, England, Israel, Latvia and Belgium before returning to Maine. He told the BDN that Europe is the best place to get […]
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A Bangor Daily News article reported on new student internships and funds for Maine companies to hire interns available from UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation and the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. Renee Kelly, co-director of the center, said the Innovate for Maine program marries together UMaine’s Innovation Engineering program, which trains students across numerous disciplines […]
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Justin Martin, a UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College preceptor of journalism, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the news that financier Donald Sussman has acquired a larger share of Maine Today Media, the company that owns and operates the Portland Press Herald and other properties. Martin said he was […]
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The website Mass High Tech reported that UMaine’s Process Development Center has received a development loan of $99,660, matched with $113,000, to further develop and license its process technologies to produce a novel nanocellulose-based release paper in conjunction with its development partner, Stirling Consulting Inc. Nanocellulose is said to have benefits over other nanomaterials, including […]
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In a Maine Public Broadcasting News radio story about the race for Maine’s open U.S. Senate seat, UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was quoted about a particular candidate’s potential conflict of interest issues. Brewer said there has to be some way in which to know if steps or safeguards are not being followed or if […]
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Seacoast Online, a website of newspapers covering southern Maine and northern New Hampshire, had a story about York, Maine company Rohrer Technologies Inc., which received in February a $25,000 Maine Technology Institute grant to work with UMaine’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The company and UMaine will conduct advanced computer simulations that will help fine-tune the […]
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