Contact Joe Carr 207-581-3571 UMaine Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs Eric Rolfson was interviewed for a Thursday Maine Public Radio story about UMaine’s success in private fundraising. The university announced this week that the $150 million overall goal of Campaign Maine, a six-year private fundraising effort, has been reached.
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The Bangor Daily News has a report about international students from three area high schools who toured the UMaine campus on Thursday. The students, who were from Asia, Africa and Europe and are attending John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Lee Academy and Orono High School, visited chemistry labs in […]
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Contact: Kristen Andresen, 581-3742 The Huffington Post has on its HuffPost Green website a feature story about the lobster shell golf balls developed by UMaine engineer David Neivandt and his undergraduate student Alex Caddell. The posting said UMaine is the most fitting institute in the world to create the golf balls, which are made of […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 Several media outlets covered the disappearance from the campus of a flag in honor of Pride Week, a celebration of the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community. The flag was raised Monday, but on Tuesday it was noticed the flag was gone. UMaine Senior Associate Dean of Students Kenda Scheele told WABI […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The UMaine 2011 Graduate Academic Exposition was advanced in Friday’s Bangor Daily News. The expo, which is scheduled for April 21-22 at the Wells Conference Center, showcases research being done by graduate school students in the physical and natural sciences, technology, social sciences and the humanities.
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Contact: Joe Carr, 207-581-3571 Several news outlets had coverage of Tuesday evening’s announcement that UMaine’s Campaign Maine fundraising initiative had reached its goal of raising $150 million from private sources since 2005. The Bangor Daily News had a story Wednesday of the announcement, made at a UMaine Board of Visitors dinner in honor of outgoing […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The Maine Edge weekly newspaper has a story about UMaine Cooperative Extension’s master gardener program. The Edge interviewed Extension horticulturalist Kate Garland about the program, which helps residents learn how to better grow sustainable gardens.
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Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 UMaine associate professor of mechanical engineering technology Chuck Maguire was interviewed for a Channel 2 (WABI) report Tuesday on ways consumers can maximize fuel efficiency as gasoline prices reach and exceed $4 a gallon. The former engine designer for General Motors in Detroit says today’s newer vehicles have the most […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch 207-581-3777 The Waterville Sentinel is advancing a UMaine Cooperative Extension talk Thursday evening about tourism and economic development in western Maine. Marc Edwards, an Extension tourism and economic development professional, will give a presentation on the organization’s role and resources for tourism development.
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Contact: Jessica Bloch 207-581-3777 The Portland Press Herald has a report about a UMaine sophomore who is running for mayor of Biddeford. Ryan Gavin, 20, is a political science major who lives in Biddeford and is taking classes online.
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