The keepMEcurrent website has a story about a project at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham that involved the planting of 20 apple trees, which were donated by UMaine Cooperative Extension, in an old orchard on campus. The orchard will become an outdoor classroom for environmental studies and biology students. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Testing on UMaine-designed wind turbines at a facility in the Netherlands is nearly complete, according to the website The Engineer. UMaine faculty and student engineers have been testing three different types of turbines at the Marin complex, where the turbines have been subjected to different conditions of wind and waves. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine alumna Ashley Underwood survived another week on the CBS reality show “Survivor,” and is now one of five remaining contestants. A Waterville Sentinel column, written by UMaine alumnus and AOL PopEater editor Zach Dionne, said Underwood’s days on the show could be numbered. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Maine Edge has an article about the Orono Bog Walk, which was founded by Professor Emeritus Ron Davis. The article includes comments from Davis as well as Justin Poland, a bog walk volunteer and associate professor of mechanical engineering at UMaine.
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Comments from glaciologist Gordon Hamilton of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute were included in a Voice of America story about a report released Wednesday that says Arctic ice is melting at a much faster rate than previously thought. Hamilton said the previous estimate for sea level rise is a very large underestimate and it is probably […]
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Two UMaine students were charged with assault after an incident that took place at the Orchard Trails housing complex, according to a Bangor Daily News report. Orono police told the BDN the incident happened early Sunday. Contact: Joe Carr, 207-581-3571
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The website of the AUCD about UMaine’s 2011 Shibles Distinguished Visiting Professor in the College of Education and Human Development. Cathy Pratt, the director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism at Indiana University’s Indiana Institute on Disability and Community will be at UMaine during the fall 2011 semester. Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756
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UMaine football coach Jack Cosgrove was featured in a Lifestyle profile in the April 2011 issue of Bangor Metro magazine. The Black Bear coach shares a Bangor home with his wife Marilyn and four children and their friends. The family frequently invites prospective UMaine football recruits and their families to dinner to get to know […]
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An interview with UMaine professor of English Ken Norris, author and poet who teaches Canadian literature and creative writing, is currently featured in the “EXpats” section of the online journal “Poetry Quebec.” Norris discusses his writing, life and how he became enamored with Montreal and Quebec as a young man in 1971. Contact: George Manlove, […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) aired coverage Tuesday of the groundbreaking ceremony at UMaine for a Forest and Bioproducts Research Institute addition at Jenness Hall. The 3,300-square-foot addition will give technical staff room to work with visiting researchers and collaborators. It also will include training areas and videoconferencing facilities. Channel 7 (WVII) also covered the event. Contact: […]
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