UMaine political scientist Amy Fried’s biweekly Bangor Daily News column focused on the shift in wealth of the past decades and what that means for everyday people and the opportunities they will have in the future. Fried wrote that a nation with a highly skewed distribution of wealth is a nation with less opportunity for […]
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In an advance for the upcoming Maine Lego League Championship, the Central Maine Morning Sentinel newspaper noted UMaine’s College of Engineering is one of the sponsors. The annual Lego championship is the largest science and engineering education event in Maine, and this year’s event will feature 66 teams of children ages 9 to 14, who […]
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer were included in an MPBN radio report about a new nonpartisan jobs creation bill introduced Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. Brewer said he hopes the bill will end partisan gridlock in the Senate because both parties want elements of the bill, such as the extension […]
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Adrienne Kearney, a UMaine macroeconomist who studies international finance, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about how the financial crisis in Europe could affect Maine businesses. Kearney told the BDN a slowdown in consumer spending in Europe would affect Asia, which exports much of its goods to that region, where China and Malaysia […]
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A pep rally for the Black Bear football team will be held at noon, Wednesday, Dec. 7 in the Maine Marketplace of the Memorial Union. The UMaine team is headed to Statesboro, Ga., for a Dec. 10 matchup with third-ranked Georgia Southern in the NCAA national quarterfinals. The marching band will perform in the atrium […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the UMaine football game Saturday against Georgia Southern will again be available Internet-only ESPN3 or by purchasing the game on pay-per-view. UMaine athletic director Steve Abbott told the BDN the game, which is an NCAA football quarterfinal, will be shown at The Marketplace in the Memorial Union. He added […]
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A Portland Press Herald story about a high school robotics competition noted that UMaine students served as referees, judges and scorekeepers. The event was held Saturday at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The University of Maine J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center’s dairy operation has received the top quality producer award for Agri-Mark Region 14 for 2011.
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The Bangor Daily News reported most of the members of UMaine’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity are back in their house on College Avenue following repairs and renovations this semester. The house was shut down in September by Orono town officials are several code violations were discovered after an inspection. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Sol Goldman, an adjunct faculty member who teaches law classes in the UMaine department of political science, was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about the Occupy Bangor encampment outside the Bangor Public Library. One Occupy Bangor member told the BDN that Goldman, who is not an Occupy Bangor member, offered to step in […]
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