UMaine in the News

Newspaper Reports on Nursing Students’ Belize Plans

The Bangor Daily News carried information from a UMaine news release about a group of students from the university’s School of Nursing raising funds for a public health mission over spring break with underprivileged families in Belize. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

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TV Report on Student Protest

Bangor television station WLBZ has a report on Wednesday afternoon’s Occupy UMaine protest, which was held outside Fogler Library. Students plan to protest every Wednesday, spurred on by the national Occupy movement. Several students, who said they are members of the Maine Peace Action Committee, were interviewed for the story. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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Report on Grant for Ocean Monitoring

UMaine’s physical oceanography research was in a Bangor Daily News follow-up story to the news of continued funding for the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, known as NERACOOS. The UMaine Physical Oceanography Group, headed up by UMaine Professor Neal Pettigrew, will receive some of the $1.7 million grant from the federal National […]

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Newspaper Article on Engineering Program in Brunswick

A new engineering partnership between UMaine and Southern Maine Community College was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about new uses for the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The partnership will be based at the Brunswick facility and will offer seamless educational opportunities, starting with an associate degree and leading to both a baccalaureate […]

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Globe Reviews Historian’s New Book

UMaine history Professor Richard Judd’s new book, “A Landscape History of New England,” was reviewed in the Boston Globe. Judd co-edited the book, which explores the understanding of landscape through a sense of memory and social identity. The reviewer wrote that the essays in the book capture the New England of living memory. Contact: Jessica […]

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Standardbred Program Highlighted in BDN

The Bangor Daily News has a feature story about UMaine’s standardbred program, which teaches students the ins and outs of how to train and handle a breed of horse trained for harness racing. UMaine student Amy Bologna was interviewed for the article and student Amy Hofmann was featured in a series of photographs. The story […]

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20th Century Horn Research In Scientific American

The work of W. Franklin Dove, a biologist who studied animal production while at UMaine in the early 20th century, was mentioned in a blog on the Scientific American website. Dove spent years of his career removing and implanting immature horn buds in the skulls of animals such as goats and cows to show that […]

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Graphic Designer Mentioned in BDN Story

Mike Mardosa, a graphic designer at UMaine, was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story (http://bangordailynews.com/2011/11/29/living/geaghan-brothers-crafts-new-brews-for-the-queen-city/) about a new brewery opening in Bangor. Mardosa designed labels for Geaghan Brothers Brewing Company. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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Coverage of Cosgrove Honor

Several state and national news outlets, including the website Boxscore News, noted that UMaine football coach Jack Cosgrove, a 1978 UMaine graduate, was named Tuesday the New England Football Writers Division I FCS Coach of the Year. Cosgrove, in his 19th season as head coach, has led the Black Bears to an 8-3 record and […]

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Boston Globe Notes Funding For Buoy Research

The Boston Globe website included an Associated Press story about $1.7 million in funding for the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, known as NERACOOS, which includes UMaine’s Physical Oceanography Group and UMaine Professor Neal Pettigrew. The Bangor Daily News also ran the AP story, which mentioned the funding will enable researchers to […]

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