UMaine in the News

Story Cites UMaine Role in Shipping Container Homes Business

An article on the Feb. 1 edition of the Bangor Daily News about SnapSpace Solutions Inc., a business opening in Brewer to create novel homes out of shipping containers, cited collaboration by the company owner and the University of Maine’s Knowledge Transfer Alliance and the UMaine Advanced Manufacturing Center. The newspaper carried a story Feb. […]

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Extension Specialist To Speak At Bedbug Forum

James Dill, a pest management specials at UMaine Cooperative Extension, will be the keynote speaker Friday at a forum about bedbugs, according to the Lewiston Sun Journal. The forum, sponsored by the Lewiston-Auburn Public Health Committee, will be held in Chase Hall at Bates College starting at 8:30 a.m.

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Researchers Mentioned In Story About Oyster Pathogen

Two UMaine researchers were mentioned in a Working Waterfront column about the state’s oyster industry and an outbreak of the pathogen Haplosporidium nelson, known as MSX. The column, which was co-authored by Catherine Schmitt of the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant, mentioned the work that Dana Morse of the Sea Grant Extension program, and Debbie Bouchard, […]

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Engineers Without Borders Fundraising Effort Focus Of Article

The UMaine branch of the national group Engineers Without Borders was the focus of a Bangor Daily News story about the group’s effort to raise funds for the completion of a new public works project in Honduras. The story noted the urgent nature of the fundraising effort as students need to have money in place […]

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Alumna Is New Orono Town Manager

Sophie Wilson, the town manager of Brownville, will be offered the position of town manager of Orono, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News. Wilson has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UMaine, according to the story.

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Student Researcher’s Study On Addiction Recovery Featured In BDN

The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine social work graduate student Kristina Minott and a study she is conducting about addiction recovery and the qualities of personal resiliency. Minott is seeking individuals in various stages of recovery for an anonymous survey designed to measure their resiliency. 

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Innovation Engineering Program Noted In Story

UMaine alumnus Doug Hall, who founded UMaine’s innovation engineering program, was mentioned in a story in The Forecaster newspaper in southern Maine. Hall’s techniques helped inspire children to come up with marketing ideas during a Lemonade Day Maine event in South Portland.

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Three UMaine Students Flee Egypt

The Bangor Daily News has a story about three UMaine students who have fled Egypt in the wake of unrest in that country. Andrea Groves, a UMaine graduate student in anthropology, was studying at the American University in Cairo and fled to Jordan. Karen Boucias, director of UMaine’s Office of International Programs, told the newspaper […]

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Irish Newspaper Cites Suicide Research

In a story about the rising suicide rates among young men in Northern Ireland, The Irish Times noted a research collaboration between Queen’s University and John Cutcliffe of the UMaine nursing faculty. The research sought to increase understanding of suicidal young men in Northern Ireland and inform the delivery of mental health services.

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