The Peninsula Daily News of Washington state featured former UMaine basketball player Bracey Barker, who is going to play and coach basketball for a team in Luxembourg this fall. Barker, who played in Europe following her 2007 graduation from UMaine, had recently been living with her husband in the North Olympic Peninsula region of Washington […]
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Mark Brewer, a UMaine political scientist, was quoted in an Associated Press story about supporters and opponents of gay marriage gearing up for a possible statewide referendum on the issue in November 2012. Brewer said there will be a lot of money available because of the presidential election and Sen. Olympia Snowe being up for […]
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A local CBS-affiliated television station covering the funeral of UMaine football player Charles Kyeremeh Jr. noted that most of the Black Bear football team, including head coach Jack Cosgrove, attended the ceremony Friday at the Lebanon Expo Center in Lebanon, Pa. Cosgrove and UMaine running back Pushuan Brown were quoted in the report. Kyeremeh was […]
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The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMaine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about changes to the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Heath program, which had partnered with the graduate school on regional biomedical research triangle. MIHGH is dropping much of its research program, although Michael Eckardt, UMaine vice president for […]
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A UMaine Cooperative Extension effort to reinvigorate Maine’s wheat-growing industry was the focus of a story in the Lewiston Sun Journal. Extension professional David Fuller and agronomist Ellen Mallory were mentioned in the story, which featured a test winter wheat field in Farmington. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried has written a piece for Salon Magazine’s War Room blog about the GOP’s behavior during the current debate over the debt ceiling. Fried compares the Republicans’ actions to the party’s drive to impeach President Clinton in 1998. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A 2008 study by UMaine economists Todd Gabe and James McConnon into the economic effects of cruise ship tourism in the state was mentioned in a story on Portland’s Channel 8 (WMTW). The report noted the study’s findings that cruise ship passengers generated more than $5 million, which led to the creation of nearly 100 […]
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The Mainebiz website included a notice about the recent appointment of Deb Neuman, former director of UMaine’s Target Technology Center, to the position of deputy commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine’s research into wind power was noted in a Portland Press Herald story about how some municipalities in southern Maine are dealing with regulations on wind turbines in urban locations. The story mentioned that UMaine does monthly analysis on wind speed measurements taken on Peaks Island near Portland. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Bangor television Channel 2 (WLBZ) has a report about the Strong Mind — Strong Body summer camp, which is being held this summer at UMaine. Roosevelt Boone, a former Black Bear football player, is the camp’s program director. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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