Kaitlin Smith, a 21-year-old UMaine student, has been named the honorary chair of the Bangor Walk to End Alzheimer’s, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News. Smith, whose father has the disease, is an Alzheimer’s fundraiser and advocate. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Portland Press Herald noted UMaine’s historic connection to Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor. The article traced the story back to 1923, when then-UMaine President Clarence Cook Little held a natural history camping trip with six students in Bar Harbor. In 1929, Little founded the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The North Shore Sun of Mattituck, N.Y., had a feature about Keith Moore, a former UMaine soccer player who, along with his father and brother, organized soccer clinics for students in the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific. Moore was recently named the head men’s soccer coach at Keystone College in Clarks Summit, Pa. […]
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The expansion of a project to bring high-speed internet to Aroostook County was the subject of a story in the Bangor Daily News. UMaine System employee Jeff Letourneau, who is based on the UMaine campus in Orono, was one of those credited with the the idea of a network known as the Three-Ring Binder. Contact: […]
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The Strong Mind-Strong Body summer camp organized by UMaine graduate and former Black Bear football player Roosevelt Boone was featured in the Bangor Daily News. The camp, which was held last week, was open free of charge to youths ages 10-17 whose parents met Department of Health and Human Services guidelines. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Portland Press Herald had a brief about an award given to WBRC Architects Engineers for the firm’s design for the offshore wind research facility at UMaine. The Maine chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute gave WBRC the Award for Design Excellence. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Media outlets, including the Bangor Daily News, reported Monday on the jury selection in the trial of a York County man accused in the hit-and-run death of UMaine student Jordyn Bakley, who was killed 18 months ago. Garrett Cheney, who is facing manslaughter and other charges, will be on trial starting Tuesday. WABI also reported […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension Educator Kate Yerxa contributed an article to the Bangor Daily News on the U.S. Department of Agriculture program MyPlate, which is meant to help people make healthful choices about their diets. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Several news outlets covered the UMaine System board of trustees’ vote to proceed with plans for a new building on the UMaine campus that will house a planetarium and observatory. Bangor television station WABI (Channel 5) interviewed UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Jeff Hecker, who said the move is long overdue. Hecker […]
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Bangor television station WABI (Channel 5) featured UMaine’s Space and Energy Camp, which was organized by the Department of Astronomy and Physics. UMaine graduate student Kevin Roberge, who is serving as the camp director, told an interviewer the staff hopes the campers’ experiences this summer will spark an interest in studying science. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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