Channel 7 (WVII) interviewed a group of students who shared success stories they said were made possible by UMaine’s Upward Bound, a federally funded program that helps students transition from high school to college. Funding has been cut drastically for the program nationwide, but U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud of Maine said Wednesday the program is […]
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) interviewed Jesse Moriarity, coordinator for UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation, which helps entrepreneurial UMaine students develop business and marketing plans for new ideas. Ph.D. candidate James Beaupre, a partner with UMaine political science graduate Nate Wildes in Stillwater Poster Company, which operates out of the Foster Center, also was interviewed for […]
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The PhysOrg.com website posted a UMaine news release about a recent study and journal article by UMaine sociology professor Amy Blackstone on her research findings that female supervisors, somewhat surprisingly, are frequent targets of sexual harassment by colleagues and subordinates. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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For a feature report on the personality and legacy of University of Maine Honors College Dean and math professor Charlie Slavin, who died unexpectedly this week, Channel 2 (WLBZ) interviewed several colleagues and an Honors College graduate who remembered Slavin fondly. Samantha Paradis, who graduated in May with a double major in history and theater, […]
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) reported on the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, which is taking place in UMaine’s Steam Plant parking lot. The symposium, which is being held in partnership with UMaine, features eight artists creating public sculptures for sites in Bangor, Old Town and Orono, including three for the UMaine campus. The report interviewed Indian Island […]
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In an opinion piece about bridging the gaps in Maine’s economic development that was published in the Bangor Daily News, Charles Hastings, a second-year MBA student at UMaine, noted UMaine’s Knowledge Transfer Alliance (KTA) and the contributions it makes to businesses. KTA, Hastings wrote, has worked to help businesses create business plans, conduct general business […]
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UMaine athletic director Steve Abbott was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about the possibility of the UMaine football playing a game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., during the 2013 season. Abbott said UMaine is negotiating to play the University of Massachusetts at the stadium, which is known as the home of the […]
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The Concord Monitor newspaper in New Hampshire published an extensive article about the loss being felt at the University of Maine over the weekend of a student from Barnstead, N.H. who worked at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. Friends and co-workers of 22-year-old Shirley Ladd, who succumbed to injuries suffered in a fall from […]
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The website “north American WINDPOWER” posted an article about the engineering challenges facing Sandia National Laboratory’s wind energy researchers who are designing, with University of Maine engineering research assistance, floating vertical-axis wind turbines to be erected and moored off the Maine coast. The article also mentions related collaborative work involving Iowa State University, TPI Composites, […]
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In her Bangor Daily News blog Pollways, University of Maine political scientist and commentator Amy Fried discusses flaws in the logic and message of a U.S. Chamber of Commerce attack ad vilifying former Maine Gov. Angus King, who is running for U.S. Senate. Fried called the ad “weird” and “nonlogical.” Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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