UMaine in the News

Commencement news coverage

Several news organizations covered Saturday’s UMaine commencement ceremonies, with most of the reports focusing on Sen. Susan Collins’ commencement address.  Reports appear on the Web sites of the Bangor Daily News, Maine Sunday Telegram, WCSH/WLBZ television and WABI television. An Associated Press story was picked up by several news organizations, including some outside of Maine.

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Newspaper profiles graduating student

Robin Arnold, a long-time UMaine staff member who graduates Saturday with a bachelor’s degree, is profiled in a Saturday Bangor Daily News story. An administrative associate in the School of Social Work, Arnold started course work 12 years ago on her way to a degree in Earth Sciences.  The story, which includes comments from her […]

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Farley Interviewed on BBC Program

Jonathan Farley from the UMaine computer science faculty was part of a discussion on the BBC program “World Have Your Say” on Tuesday May 3.  Farley, who is a regular contributor to the program, joined in the discussion related to the death of Osama bin Laden.  His appearance occurs just after the 20:30 mark on […]

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SUNY News Release Advances Lecture by UMaine’s Comins

The Real Media news service carried a State University of New York, Potsdam news release about an upcoming lecture and two public physics seminars there by UMaine professor of physics and astronomer Neil Comins. Comins will discuss misconceptions in astronomy and subject matter from several of his 14 published books. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

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Commencement Information In BDN Brief

Basic information about UMaine’s commencement activities, which are being held Saturday, is available in a Bangor Daily News brief. For more information, see a news release here.

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Editorial Lauds Advanced Structures and Composites Center

An editorial in the Times Record newspaper of Brunswick cites UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center as a place where Maine people are acquiring and applying new skills in 21st-century jobs and cutting-edge innovations. The editorial had a number of examples of international companies that have chosen to locate offices in Maine because of […]

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Valedictorian, Salutatorian Noted

The Kennebec Journal ran a story Friday about UMaine valedictorian Kristopher Cooper and salutatorian Rachel Ann Ventrella, who are both from the newspaper’s coverage area. Cooper, of Winthrop, is a biology major with a minor in business, while Ventrella, who is from Fayette, will graduate with an elementary education degree with a minor in liberal […]

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UMaine Football Players Quoted In Story

A story in the Buffalo News included comments from UMaine football players Jeremy Kelley and Desmond Randall, who both played wide receiver for the Black Bears. Kelley and Randall, who are both natives of West Seneca, N.Y., went undrafted in last week’s NFL draft and are waiting to see if they sign free-agent contracts. Kelley […]

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Hamilton Comments In Time Magazine Online Report

Comments from Gordon Hamilton of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute were included in a Time Magazine online report about findings that Arctic ice melt is accelerating. Hamilton said parts of Greenland have started to change in ways that are shocking to researchers, and that both the extent of melting and the length of the melting season […]

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Article Notes Museum Involvement In Kids’ Day

The Bangor Daily News has a story about downtown Bangor’s first Kid Central Festival, in which the University of Maine Museum of Art is participating with a scavenger hunt and activities in its galleries. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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