Comments by University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer were included in an Associated Press post-primary election article posted on the New England Cable News website. Brewer said the low voter turnout and large field of candidates tended to favor those with name recognition. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Athletic Business magazine has posted on its website a Bangor Daily News article about University of Maine men’s hockey players participating in a research project with exercise science students to determine the cardiovascular effects and energy expenditure of an underwater treadmill being used for rehabilitating injured athletes. The research established for the first time […]
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Dana Morse, a member of the marine extension team of the University of Maine-based Maine Sea Grant, was interviewed for a feature article in The Working Waterfront about the challenges of farm-raising razor clams. Morse recently organized a workshop with Northeast shellfish researchers on razor clam culture for Maine coast growers. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson was mentioned by The Chronicle of Higher Education in an article on the nation’s research universities. The report made reference to EPSCoR’s influence on Maine researchers.
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Len Kaye, professor of social work and director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network program “Maine Calling,” during which several panelists fielded questions about new thoughts on what aging is and what it means, particularly for baby boomers, who are more independent, healthy, […]
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Multiple news organizations, including the Bangor Daily News, Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Mainebiz carried reports of the $7.9 million donation to the University of Maine Foundation by the estate of 1958 UMaine engineering graduate and philanthropist Thomas Hosmer of Massachusetts. The money is will support maintenance projects on campus, an endowed scholarship and an endowed […]
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A New York Daily News report about a Nova Scotia lobster boat pulling a rare bright blue lobster from the Atlantic included a reference to the University of Maine Lobster Institute, which has said blue lobsters are a 1 in 2 million phenomenon. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The international SustainableBusiness.com website noted plans by the oil company Statoil to build the world’s largest floating wind farm off the Maine coast with research assistance from the University of Maine’s Wind Energy Lab. Maine is considered a prime location for offshore wind projects because of state policy and the UMaine lab, “where they are […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on a $7.9 million donation received by the University of Maine from the estate of 1958 graduate Thomas Homser.
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The San Antonio Express News website, published an Associated Press article about a $7.9 million donation to the University of Maine Foundation by the estate of 1958 UMaine engineering graduate and philanthropist Thomas Hosmer of Massachusetts. The money will support needed maintenance projects on campus and an endowed scholarship and an endowed lab to benefit […]
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