The Weekly newspaper had notices from the Challenger Learning Center in Bangor about programs with UMaine connections. The first, a Space Day open house, was held recently and featured students from UMaine’s College of Engineering who demonstrated wireless robotic sensors. The second took note of the “Connecting Climate to Curriculum” program, which involves scientists in […]
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A Business Week website column about intellectual property noted that UMaine has applied for a patent for the lobster shell golf ball developed by engineer David Neivandt along with student Alex Caddell. Contact: Kristen Andresen, 207-581-3742
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UMaine alumna Ashley Underwood is one of the final six remaining on the CBS reality show “Survivor,” according to a column in the Waterville Sentinel. Zach Dionne, also a UMaine alum who is now an editor at AOL’s PopEater, writes that Underwood has not factored into many major strategic decisions, decisive challenge victories, or memorable […]
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Comments from Ed Ashworth, the dean of UMaine’s College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, were included in a Mainebiz story about a new crop of young farmers who are running smaller farms with more of a focus on locally sourced goods. Ashworth said despite the fact that putting together the capital investment to start […]
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The website Marine Executive has a report about the wind blade testing currently ongoing at the Marin testing facility in the Netherlands. Faculty and student engineers from UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center are testing three types of floating wind turbines in Marin’s wave tank. The findings will help UMaine move forward in its […]
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An obituary for Elbert George “Al” Moulton Jr., a UMaine graduate and native of Brooks, Maine, appeared in the Village Soup’s website. Moulton served several terms in Vermont state government, and was the first director of development and secretary of commerce and community affairs. He was the state’s chief economic development leader under four governors […]
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The Physorg.com science news website Monday carried a report on deepwater offshore wind technology testing being done in the Netherlands by UMaine researchers with a Dutch wind-energy development company. Research with 1/50 scale model wind turbines will lead to development of full-size wind turbines off the coast of Maine. Contact: George Manlove (207) 581-3756
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed Len Kaye, director of the UMaine Center on Aging Monday for a report on the 6th Annual University of Maine Geriatric Colloquium held in Northport. The focus of the event was substance abuse among elders in Maine. Contact: George Manlove (207) 581-3756
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Portland native Muna Abdullahi, a UMaine political science major and president of the UMaine Muslim Student Association, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an article about local reactions to the May 1 killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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In today’s edition, the Herald Gazette, part of the coastal Village Soup newspaper chain, advanced an upcoming talk by University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and educator Clay Kirby. On May 10, Kirby will discuss insect pests and ornamental plants at noon at the Merryspring Nature Center in Camden. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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