The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported on a new bridge under construction in Fitchburg, Mass., which is the first in that state to use the bridge-in-a-backpack technology developed at UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Victoria Sheehan, manager of the state’s Department of Transportation’s Accelerated Bridge Program, said the low maintenance required for the […]
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Comments from Jim Gilbert, a UMaine wildlife ecologist who studies seals, were included in a Boston Globe story about the mysterious recent deaths of five adult gray seals on Cape Cod beaches. The article linked the seals, which were found with gunshot wounds to their heads, to tensions with local fishermen who complain that seals […]
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Sharon Barker, director of UMaine’s Women’s Resource Center, will be a guest on the Thursday June 9 edition of Maine Public Television’s “Maine Watch” program. The subject will be issues and programs related to girls and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines. Barker will talk about the National Girls Collaborative Project and other relevant […]
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Black Bear baseball players Troy Black, Alex Calbick and Shaun Coughlin have all been named to the Freshman All-American Team, according to a Thursday Bangor Daily News report. The America East champion Black Bears finished at 33-24 and qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
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Wednesday’s Portland Press Herald includes a report analyzing issues related to the development of deepwater offshore wind technology in Maine. The story includes a comment from Prof. Habib Dagher, who heads up the UMaine-led DeepCWind Consortium, a group of 35 collaborating organizations working on this extensive R&D effort in the Gulf of Maine. The Press […]
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The Maine NEW Leadership Conference, a program of UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, was featured in the Bangor Daily News. The program, which wrapped up Tuesday, provides leadership development opportunities for female college students in Maine who are interested in becoming politically active. Former State Senator Mary Cathcart, a senior policy associate at the […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a letter to the editor written by UMaine political scientist Amy Fried, about the recent vote by the Maine House to do away with same-day voter registration. Fried wrote in her letter that taking away the ability to register to vote on Election Day is an example of a limitation […]
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News featured an editorial about deepwater offshore wind power technology development in Maine, spearheaded by the UMaine-led DeepCWind Consortium. The editorial references reports noting public discussion about the initiative’s potential economic impact and long-term viability. The BDN says that “a little skepticism is healthy” but that the project has appropriate “built-in benchmarks.” […]
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Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a letter-to-the-editor from UMaine College of Engineering Dean Dana Humphrey and the college’s four department chairs. Written in response to a news article from last week, the letter expresses support for ongoing UMaine R&D efforts related to offshore wind power technology and other forms of renewable energy.
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Dr. Marcella Sorg, a UMaine anthropologist who also serves as the state forensic anthropologist, was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about a skull that was found in a gravel pit off Route 1 in Hancock. Sorg, who examined the skull, told the BDN she believes it likely came from an old cemetery, and […]
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