UMaine in the News

Globe Features UMaine Official, Family

Wayne Maines, UMaine’s director of Safety, Environmental Management, Transportation and Security, and his family were featured in a Boston Globe story about Maines’ daughter Nicole, who is a transgender child. The story illustrates the experiences of transgender children and their parents. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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New York Times Op-Ed Cites Hazing Research

A New York Times op-ed piece about hazing cited a 2008 study done by UMaine education faculty members Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. The study found that most college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing, but 95 percent never report it. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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Offshore Wind Research Noted on Clean Energy Website

In a story about federal funding for offshore wind power projects, the website Cleantechnica.com noted the research being done by UMaine and the DeepCwind Consortium at the AEWC Advanced Structures and Technology Center. The story said UMaine was the recipient of a grant from the Department of Energy for wind power research. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]

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Admissions Director Interviewed for Press Herald Report

Sharon Oliver, UMaine’s director of admissions, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald report about the UMaine System’s strategies to reverse a trend of declining enrollment. Oliver said the admissions department has upgraded its website, added student blogs and started marketing through social media in order to attract more out-of-state students. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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MPBN to Broadcast Recorded William Cohen Lecture Today

Remarks by retired U.S. Marine Gen. James L. Jones, who served as the first National Security Advisor in the Obama administration and called for the U.S. to back NATO when aiding future revolutions abroad, as it did in Libya, will be aired today at 1 p.m. on MPBN’s Speaking in Maine program. Jones delivered his […]

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Channel 5 Covers Student Campout for ‘Habitat’

Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed several UMaine student members of the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity Thursday who have been camping out near the Mall to draw attention to and raise money for the effort to reduce substandard housing for people who cannot afford improvements. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

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Leeds Students Selected for Engineering Expo at UMaine

The Lewiston Sun Journal reported today that a Leeds Central School class has been selected to attend the Maine Engineering Expo at the University of Maine in March, after a “Dig into Science” contest organized by the S.W. Cole Engineering firm in Bangor. The fourth- and fifth-grade students prepared a YouTube video in which they […]

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VillageSoup Reports on UMaine Ocean Weather Buoys Grant

The coastal Knox VillageSoup reported comments from U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree about the importance of the Northeast Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems weather buoys, formerly known as GMOOS, managed by a partnership that includes the University of Maine. NOAA has agreed to maintain funding for the program, which informs mariners and fishing vessels […]

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Dagher Comments in Newspaper Report on Offshore Wind

Habib Dagher, the director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News report on the potential for deepwater offshore wind power in the Gulf of Maine. Dagher said the recent news that a Norwegian company is seeking to put in a wind farm in the gulf galvanizes commercial […]

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