Bangor television station WABI had a story about the Innovation Adventure Day Camp, which was held last week at UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. Camp director Emily Albee, the 2011 UMaine Graduate Student Employee of the Year, was interviewed for the story along with some of the young campers. A second session of the […]
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The Journal Tribune of Biddeford has an editorial noting UMaine’s contributions to wind power research. The editorial, which advocates for more wind farms in Maine, says UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is working on the technology and engineering to train a new generation how to work in the emerging wind power industry. Contact: Jessica […]
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UMaine graduate student Tawny Virgilio was interviewed Thursday by Channel 5 (WABI) for an evening news broadcast about a bio-surveillance project she’s doing under the supervision of entomology professor Eleanor Groden to determine the hunting habits of a wasp that catches beetles, including the destructive emerald ask borer. The wasp Cerceris fumipennis doesn’t sting people, […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on a UMaine ice hockey camp that was held this week in Falmouth. Several current and former Black Bears worked at the camps, which UMaine Coach Tim Whitehead said will expose the population-heavy southern region of the state to the hockey program. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The website for Biomass Magazine has a story about an effort to study biomass in northern Maine which is being funded by UMaine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative. UMaine-Fort Kent researcher Brian Kermath, the director of the school’s Center for Rural Sustainable Development, told the magazine his center is partnering with SSI on a project that will […]
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An article about college tuition in the weekly Independent which covers the towns of Gray, Windham and Raymond, noted the research of UMaine economist Phillip Trostel, who has written about the importance of a well-educated work force to grow prosperity and develop high-paying jobs. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist and horticulture professor David Yarborough was interviewed for a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio story about the state of the blueberry crop this summer. Yarborough said unless the region receives adequate rainfall soon, the crop could be significantly diminished. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Media reported Thursday and Friday the news that a jury found a North Berwick man guilty in the hit-and-run death of a UMaine student in 2010. Jordyn Bakley, a 20-year-old Camden resident, died in January 2010. Portland television station WCSH and Bangor’s WABI carried stories. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Bakley’s father. Foster’s Daily Democrat […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and water quality scientist Laura Wilson appeared in the Channel 2 (WLBZ) newsroom in Bangor recently for a morning interview about preventing the spread of hydrilla, milfoil and other invasive aquatic plants that can spoil lakes and ponds for swimming and boating. The interview with anchor Lee Nelson was […]
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WABI television reported about the progress of renovations to UMaine’s Alfond Arena. Athletic director Steve Abbott said the renovations are on target for a Sept. 19 completion date. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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