UMaine researchers were among a group meeting this week to promote the research and development of environmentally safe and sustainable plastics, according to a report from Portland television station WGME. The Sustainable Bioplastics Council of Maine is consortium of manufacturers, agricultural groups, nonprofit organizations and university researchers, and is meeting Friday in Falmouth.
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Wayne Maines, UMaine’s director of safety and environmental management, told the Bangor Daily News the school has adopted Centers for Disease Control safety measures for Wallace Pool, which will be the site of high school state championship swim meets Saturday and Monday. Maines said measures have been taken to ensure the correct functioning of exhaust […]
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Cumulus radio station WWMJ 95.7 FM reported today on the 12-hour cycling fundraiser, Taylor Trudeau Cycle for Life Pedalling for a Cure, being held Saturday, Feb. 19, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., at the UMaine Student Fitness and Recreation Center by Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members. Proceeds will benefit leukemia and lymphoma research.
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about Michael Merchant, a UMaine graduate who is part of the cast of the new season of a Discovery Channel reality show. Merchant, who graduated in 2007 with a degree in biology, will appear on “Out of the Wild: Venezuela” starting Thursday night.
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Several news outlets reported on Paul Ferguson’s visit this week to the UMaine campus, the fourth and final visit by the candidates for UMaine’s president position. In a Bangor Daily News story, Ferguson said UMaine must prove its distinctiveness within the UMaine System. Ferguson told WABI the university has an opportunity to be both student- […]
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UMaine graduate Ashley Underwood and her quest to win the new season of the CBS reality television show “Survivor” will be the focus of a new series of columns in the Waterville Sentinel, the first of which appeared Wednesday in anticipation of the season debut tonight. The columns, which will run for as long as […]
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Downeast Magazine has in its March issue a profile of UMaine engineer Habib Dagher, the director of the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The profile discusses the development of the center at UMaine, the role the center is playing in the future of offshore wind development, and how Dagher’s undergraduate and graduate work led […]
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The website Azorobotics.com has an item about the work UMaine’s Ashish Deshpande is doing to develop an advanced robotic prosthetic hand. Deshpande, a mechanical engineering professor, recently won a $512,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his research.
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Down East magazine highlights UMaine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative in an article on how Maine’s universities and colleges are among the top in the nation for sustainability education. The Initiative, which was launched in 2009 with a $20-million grant from the National Science Foundation, is a higher education partnership working to advance economic and community development […]
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The University of Maine is part of a group of Maine colleges working together to share strategies for educating students about alcohol, according to a story that aired on television stations WCSH and WLBZ. UMaine is working with Maine Maritime Academy, Thomas College, Husson University and Unity College.
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