UMaine in the News

Press Herald Profiles Underwood

The Portland Press Herald published a Friday story profiling Ahsley Underwood, the former UMaine basketball player and Miss Maine who will be a contestant on the next series of the CBS reality program “Survivor.”  The series, filmed last year in Nicaragua, premieres on Feb. 16.

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Farley in Sun Journal Story on Math and Love

A Saturday Lewiston Sun Journal story includes the perspectives of Jonathan Farley of the UMaine computer science faculty, who has expertise on mathematical formulas that have been applied to the likelihood of a person finding love.  Farley has created a lecture on the subject, entitled “How to Fall in Love with Mathematics.”

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Dill Bedbug Presentation Reported

Saturday’s Lewiston Sun Journal reported on a Friday Bates College presentation by Jim Dill of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty, providing health officials, construction industry personnel, landlords and others with information about bedbugs and how to deal with them.  A television story on the presentation is on the WCSH/WLBZ Web site.

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News Reports on Wireless Sensor Technology Project

Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a front-page story about UMaine Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology (LASST) project involving the development of wireless sensor technology for use in the jet engine maintenance industry and with particular relevance for military applications.  The sensors are built to allow technicians to monitor the condition of engines and their […]

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Egyptian Student to Discuss Revolution at Home

Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940 Egyptian graduate student Sherief Farouk of the Department of Computer Science at UMaine will discuss his perspectives on the popular revolt in Egypt Monday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. in Room 117, Donald P. Corbett Business Building. Farouk will offer a technological and personal perspective on the upheaval,  coordinated over the […]

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Dana Column on Maine Drug Problem Published

An opinion column by UMaine Dean of Students Robert Dana about Maine’s growing drug abuse problems appeared in the Feb. 4 edition of the Bangor Daily News. Dana calls for a multi-pronged, community-wide approach to addressing the factors that drive demand for drugs and an acknowledgement that the problem exists.

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Mahon Interviewed for Corporate Reputation Articles

John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of Business Policy and Strategy and professor of management in the Maine Business School, was interviewed for two recent articles published by America.gov — “Corporate Reputation Matters” and “Companies Bank on Trust.”  Mahon, an authority on corporate responsibility, credibility and reputation, says businesses too often neglect to continuously […]

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Ice Core Research In Article

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Ice Core Project, an Oregon State-based effort in which UMaine is taking part, was the subject of a story in the Corvallis Gazette-Times of Oregon. Researchers have drilled an ice core with ice that may be up to 100,000 years old in search of new clues about climate change.

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Newspaper Article Reports On Winter Snow Costs

Information from a UMaine study about the costs associated with winter snow removal was included in a Bangor Daily News story about how communities are dealing with snow removal this year. The study, which was done by Jonathan Rubin, professor of resource economics with UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and School of Economics, found […]

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Presidential Candidate Visit Covered

The Bangor Daily News and Channel 5 (WABI) reported on the visit Feb. 3 to the University of Maine by Donald Farish, president of Rowan University and one of four candidates to replace UMaine President Robert Kennedy, who is stepping down in June. Farish spent two days on campus in meetings, interviews and touring the […]

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