The Christian Science Monitor examines tidal power research in Eastport a report on its website. UMaine research into the potential effect of the tidal turbines on marine life was mentioned in the story. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Prof. Jonathan Farley of the UMaine Dept. of Computer Science wrote an opinion column in the May 14 edition of the Guardian, offering his perspectives on the Black Panthers. Farley wrote the column in response to the “conservative outrage” over last week’s White House appearance by the rapper Common, who once wrote a song about […]
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Prof. David Neivandt of the UMaine Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering will discuss the lobster shell golf ball project on a pair of WVOM radio (103.9 FM) interviews this week. He’ll be the guest on Deb Neuman’s Back to Business segment during the George Hale/Ric Tyler Show from 8-9 a.m. Wednesday. The interview will […]
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The Portland Press Herald reports that former Black Bear basketball standout Amy Vachon will be an assistant to new women’s coach Richard Barron. A two-time UMaine captain who played on four NCAA tournament teams, Vachon coached McAuley High School to a Class A state championship last season. A similar story appears in the Bangor Daily […]
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The coastal Village Soup newspaper group on Saturday published a University of Maine news release about the Restorative School Practices institute planned in June in Augusta. The institute is a collaboration of the UMaine Peace and Reconciliation Studies program and Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast and instructs school teachers and staff about shifting from […]
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The Portland Press Herald had a feature story on Rob Bellamy, a former UMaine hockey player who is trying for a music career in addition to playing professional hockey. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Several news outlets had reports Monday morning about the outcome of “Survivor,” the CBS reality show of which UMaine alumna Ashley Underwood was a cast member this season. Underwood finished in fourth place. Zach Dionne, a UMaine alumnus and editor at AOL’s PopEater who wrote a column for the Kennebec Journal during the “Survivor” season, […]
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Prof. Susan McKay of the UMaine physics faculty and director of the Maine Center for Research in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Education (RISE Center) was interviewed for a Friday Maine Public Radio story about initiatives related to improving STEM education in Maine. Part of the story was based on the Maine Physical Sciences Partnership […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a Saturday report about the Windstorm Challenge, held Friday at UMaine’s Field House and Wallace Pool. Teams from high schools around Maine participated in the challenge, which involved creating and demonstrating 1/100th scale models of floating turbine platforms, similar to an extensive R&D project underway in UMaine’s Advanced Structures and […]
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The Vanguard, a Nova Scotia newspaper, is the latest to report on the lobster shell golf ball initiative of UMaine’s Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering and its Lobster Institute. The story includes comments from engineering Prof. David Neivandt, who is working on the project with student Alex Caddell and Lobster Institute Executive Director Prof. […]
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