UMaine’s Hudson Museum was mentioned in a story in the weekly Free Press, which covers midcoast Maine, about the Penobscot Material Culture Collaborative. The collaborative, of which the museum is a member, seeks to keep Penobscot artifacts in Maine for future generations to see and study. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The website Telepresenceoptions.com, a magazine that covers telepresence and visual collaboration technologies, featured UMaine students working in the Virtual Environment and Multimodal Integration (VEMI) Lab in Boardman Hall to write code for experimental design and development of virtual reality or augmented reality environments to support lab research. Shreyan Jain, a graduate student working on the […]
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Martha Broderick, a UMaine senior lecturer of business and commercial law, received last week the Lew Vafiades Pro Bono Award for her work at the Penobscot County Bar Association Legal Aid Clinic, according to a Bangor Daily News report. Broderick, a lawyer who lives in Lincoln and was mentored by Vafiades when he was alive, […]
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The University of Maine Center on Aging Director Len Kaye was interviewed for a Channel 7 (WVII) news report titled “Maine Eldercare” on why the state of Maine was ranked so high in a national AARP study of long term care services and support for older adults. The association rated Maine 8th in the nation. […]
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Several media outlets covered Wednesday’s announcement, held at UMaine, that Maine was one of several states chosen to develop new standards for how science is taught in schools. UMaine Dean of Engineering Dana Humphrey told the Bangor Daily News interest in engineering needs to be cultivated at an early age in order to prepare more […]
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The Central Maine Morning Sentinel has a report about a play by three UMaine alumni to fund the first Maine Business Challenge, a competition that awards cash prizes to entrepreneurs who develop winning business plans. The graduates are working in partnership with UMaine’s Maine Business School and the Foster Center for Student Innovation. Winners receive […]
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A 2008 UMaine study about the impact of cruise ship tourism in Maine was noted in a Portland Press Herald story about a new cruise ship pier in Portland. The study, by UMaine economists Todd Gabe and James McConnon, estimated that every 47,000 passengers generate 69 to 96 jobs in the local economy. Contact: Jessica […]
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Cod Academy, a year-long program in Maine that was launched by the Maine Aquaculture Association in partnership with UMaine and others, was featured in a Voice of America radio report. The academy teaches students who to manage a floating fish farm. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Prof. Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at UMaine, was interviewed this week for a WVII television story about a new initiative involving some Maine lobster distributors. Those businesses are shipping lobsters to China, for a premium price. Bayer points out that shipping such distances is complicated and costly, requiring specialized containers and […]
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Comments from UMaine Cooperative Extension Educator Renae Moran were included in a Portland Press Herald report about this year’s apple crop in Maine. Moran said growers lost 10 percent of fruit due to high winds from last month’s Hurricane Irene, but most Maine orchards have a large apple crop that is ripening on schedule. Contact: […]
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