Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty are included in a McClatchy Newspapers story reported in the Kansas City Star and other newspapers. The story examines issues related to several moderate Republican U.S. Senators, including Maine’s Olympia Snowe, who face pressure from conservatives as they approach re-election campaigns.
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The Bangor Daily News posted a Sunday story previewing Monday’s expected announcement of UMaine’s next president. Chancellor Richard Pattenaude will make his recommendation at Monday’s board of trustees meeting in Augusta. The four finalists are James Page, Donald Farish, Daniel Julius and Paul Ferguson.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Faculty Senate, Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and Center for Excellence in Teaching and Assessment will present a Friday March 18 workshop on grant funding. “Shared Wisdom of UMaine Faculty for Success in Grant Funding: […]
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Several news outlets, including Bloomberg Business Week, carried an Associated Press story that noted remarks made Wednesday by Deputy U.S. Interior Secretary David Hayes to the U.S. Senate’s Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Wednesday that Maine is place to test new technology being developed for offshore, deepwater wind power, and that the federal government is committed to […]
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Maine Public Radio broadcast a report about research in bio-based plastics, including research being done at UMaine, where scientists are planning to produce a plastic resin called PLA, which stands for poly lactic acid, using wood chips and potato waste. The radio report also included statistics from a 2007 report by UMaine economist Jonathan Rubin, […]
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WABI Television provided coverage of Wednesday’s camp fair at UMaine’s Student Recreation and Fitness Center. The Division of Student Affairs and Foster Center for Student Innovation partnered with the United Way of Eastern Maine to stage the event, which provided opportunities for area youngsters and their parents to learn about summer camp activities.
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Sharon Barker, director of the Women’s Resource Center at UMaine, was interviewed Wednesday by Bangor television station WLBZ during the 25th annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference, which was held at UMaine. Barker said numbers of females in many scientific fields are flat or dropping. The event, which is designed to help girls gain a broader […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a report about Wednesday’s alternative energy conference held at Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle. Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was one of the speakers. Dagher spoke about UMaine’s research efforts in deepwater offshore wind power.
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Anne Lichtenwalner, veterinarian and director of UMaine’s Animal Health Lab, was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about a new federal survey indicating that Maine’s agricultural industry appears to be healthy and growing. Lichtenwalner said the increasing number of cattle on Maine farms may reflect farmers’ ability to make the most of their grazing […]
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Marjie Harris of UMaine’s School of Social Work was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about the seriousness of older adults’ substance abuse, which will be the focus of a daylong conference April 1 in Northport. Harris says the conference will explore ways social workers and others can help older Mainers live without drug […]
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