Contact: Jessica Bloch 207-581-3777 UMaine philosophy Professor Douglas Allen was one of about 100 people who protested in Bangor on Sunday the U.S. military budget, the Bangor Daily News reported. Allen told the crowd if the money spent fighting overseas could be brought back to the U.S., it would eliminate the debt of all 50 […]
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Contact Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 A University of Phoenix student from North Carolina wrote a Maine Sunday Telegram column detailing his efforts to fulfill a class assignment by finding the location of Maine’s Apollo 11 moon rock, presented to Gov. Curtis in the early 1970s. Prof. Neil Comins from the UMaine Dept. of Physics and […]
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Contact Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 The April 9 Maine Sunday Telegram included a feature story about Sea and Reef Aquaculture, developed by Soren Hansen — now the company’s president — when he was a doctoral student in UMaine’s School of Marine Science. Headquartered at UMaine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin, the successful business […]
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Contact Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a story about a Friday visit to UMaine by 200 area fifth graders as part of the “Black Bears of Tomorrow” program organized by Black Bear Sports Properties. The youngsters toured facilities and interacted with coaches Steve Trimper (baseball), Jack Cosgrove (football), Ted Woodward (basketball), […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The Village Soup website has a preview of an April 19 UMaine Cooperative Extension talk about growing blueberries and raspberries. David Handley of Cooperative Extension will speak about proper berry-growing techniques, including variety selection, planting, pruning, trellising, and pest management.
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 Dr. Paul Mayewski, the director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, was mentioned in a story on the website Physorg.com about the importance of collaborations between the fields of history and science, particularly climate science. Mayewski was mentioned as having been part of such a collaboration with a Harvard historian, which was […]
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Contact: Kristen Andresen, (207) 581-3742 The Midcoast’s Republican Journal published an article Thursday about the novel biodegradable lobster-shell golf balls created by University of Maine researchers who say the balls are an environmentally friendly way for cruise line passengers to hit a few balls off the decks.
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Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 The Bangor Daily News this week advanced a UMaine sorority cardiac care research benefit run and walk planned April 17 and the request from University of Maine Cooperative Extension for gardeners in Maine to plant extra vegetables to donate to local food pantries again this summer.
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 Portland television station WGME has an Associated Press story about the upcoming UMaine commencement. The 209th commencement ceremonies, which are expected to draw a combined 14,000 people to Orono for a morning and afternoon ceremony, will be held Saturday, May 7. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will give commencement addresses during both […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 In a column on the Bangor Daily News business page, Eastern Maine Development Corporation President Michael Aube points out the bridge-in-a-backpage technology developed at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center as an example of the combination of the innovation, creativity and ingenuity needed to advance the Maine economy. The bridge technology […]
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