WABI TV, Channel 2, (WLBZ) and Channel 7 (WVII) covered the second annual UMaine St. Baldrick’s Charity head-shaving Wednesday at UMaine. Some 90 students and members of the campus community shed their locks to show solidarity for children with cancer. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News and Channel 5 (WABI) reported on a bone marrow drive organized Wednesday by members of the UMaine football team to try to find a stem cell match for the deputy chief of the Maine Warden Service, who has cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. The annual event, started to honor former assistant football coach […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried an article on the status of the 2013 renovation plans for Memorial Gym and its basketball court known as The Pit because of its shape and seating configuration. Funds for the work are being raised privately. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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News media coverage continued Tuesday, the final day of a cross-border trade conference co-organized by the University of Maine Canadian-American Center to explore ways to strengthen economic ties between the United States and Canada, with a particular focus on northeastern states and provinces. Channel 2 (WLBZ) covered the conference. The Bangor Daily News reported on […]
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An article on the TriplePundit business news website about an international wind-power pact between energy offices in the United States and the United Kingdom that appears to be in the offing cites offshore wind power research by the University of Maine. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 451-3756
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Several news outlets, including the Bangor Daily News and Channel 5 (WABI), covered the first day of a two-day cross-border trade conference co-organized by the University of Maine Canadian-American Center. Economists, business and government representatives, among others, from Maine and Canadian provinces are attending to discuss how to strengthen cross-border business relationships that help both, […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network as part of a profile of State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin, who is running for the Republican nomination for the seat being vacated by retiring long-time U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe. Brewer cited the controversy over Poliquin’s personal business activities as a possible snag […]
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The University of Maine will share part of a $3.5 million federal grant with two research collaborators — Worcester Polytechnic Institute and SRI International — to study the effectiveness of an online mathematics homework tutorial for students and teachers in 50 Maine schools.
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the University of Maine College of Engineering’s design competition, scheduled for Wednesday, April 25 in Barrows Hall. Engineering technology students will share their capstone projects – eight different kinetic sculptures to be installed in public places in Maine. Competing designs, created to attract women and nontraditional students to science and […]
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The renewable and sustainable energy website “renewablesbiz” carried a Bangor Daily News article, which was distributed by the McClatchy-Tribune news service, about 10Green, a new online climate monitoring tool developed by the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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