An article in the Bangor Daily News noted that UMaine historian Howard Segal will appear at a Camden Philosophy Society conference “Technology — Crossing and Creating Boundaries” that will be held Saturday, July 28. Segal will deliver a talk entitled, “Beyond Huxley, Orwell and other 20th Century Dystopians: The Revival of Technological Utopianism in the […]
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Bob Bayer, a UMaine professor of animal and veterinary sciences and the executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute commented in an Associated Press report about the drop in lobster prices that was posted on the Fox News website. Bayer said the average price of new shell lobsters is $1 to $1.50 lower than last summer, […]
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The Bangor Daily News published information about a workshop, “Coach Cos’s Football 101 for Women,” which will be held Aug. 2 at UMaine. The workshop will cover the basics of football rules and strategies and will include tours of the UMaine athletics facilities and the opportunity to participate in drills. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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An op-ed in the Bangor Daily News by Amy Blackstone, chair of the UMaine Department of Sociology, about adults and couples who choose not to have children offers perspectives on those decisions. Blackstone said her research has shown that most so-called child-free adults in fact do like children and many maintain meaningful relationships that make […]
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An AccuWeather.com website article about the early onset and glut of soft-shell lobsters in Maine waters included comments from Robert Bayer, director of the UMaine Lobster Institute. Bayer said unseasonably warm ocean temperatures in May probably accelerated the lobster shell-shedding schedule, which has increased the supply of lobsters, but not the demand. As a result, […]
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Booth and exhibitor spaces for the first Hancock County Business Conference and Trade Show coordinated by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has sold out, according to an article in the Ellsworth American. The Governor’s Regional Conference on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on Nov. 1-2 is being organized by a coalition of public and private […]
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University of Maine professor of sociology Sandra Butler, who also works with the UMaine Center on Aging, was interviewed by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report on efforts by the Secretary of State’s Office to keep Maine highways safe as some drivers’ skills diminish with age. Butler said facing the loss of a […]
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Col. James Campbell, a Maine Army National Guard member who received a master’s and a Ph.D. in history at UMaine has been nominated by Gov. Paul LePage to become Maine’s new adjutant general, according to a report in the Portland Press Herald. The governor said in a statement that Campbell, who also served as executive […]
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A Bangor Daily News article about Bangor High School student Will Benoit, who has received a prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize award, noted that Benoit has been working with professor of chemical engineering and director of UMaine’s paper surface science program Doug Bousfield and UMaine graduate student Finley Richmond on research to create cheaper water […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) and Channel 2 (WLBZ) interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems Richard Kersbergen for a report on a UMaine Extension research collaboration funded by a $2.9 million grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture to further improve the quality, quantity and marketability of organic milk in […]
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