Several media outlets covered Tuesday morning’s announcement of four finalists for the position of UMaine president to replace The Portland Press Herald and television station WABI had stories about the announcement.
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The board of directors of SAD 22, which includes Hampden, Newburgh and Winterport, is considering working with UMaine as the towns decide what to do with the building that houses Hampden Academy, according to a Bangor Daily News story. A new school building is now under construction. According to the story, the board of directors […]
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A Saturday Bangor Daily News story provided detail on a Friday afternoon visit to UMaine by nearly 100 members of the Maine Legislature. UMaine was one stop on a regional tour, managed by the Maine Development Foundation, to give lawmakers first-hand information about factors that influence Maine’s economy. The UMaine visit included tours of several […]
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A Monday Bangor Daily News story profiles historian Trudy Irene Scee, who has written a new book, “City on the Penobscot: A Comprehensive History of Bangor, Maine.” The story notes that Scee moved to Maine from upstate New York to finish a doctorate in history. She also conducted some of the research for the book […]
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Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty are included in a Seacoast Online story about the first ten days of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration.
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Jake Ward, UMaine’s assistant vice president for research, economic development and government relations, was quoted in a Saturday Bangor Daily News story about efforts in Brewer and Old Town to address economic development issues related to Maine’s relatively high cost of electricity.
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The Bangor Daily News reports that the generosity of Machias Savings Bank will allow for free admission practices to continue at the UMaine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. A new gift, in memory of the late UMaine benefactor Edward “Ted” Leonard, will extend free admission through 2011. This represents an extension of Machias Savings […]
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Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins issued a joint statement announcing a $512,736 National Science Foundation grant to support prosthetic robotic hand research under the supervision of UMaine engineering professor Ashish Deshpande.
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News reported that President Kennedy is under consideration for a volunteer position on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. Kennedy, who is stepping down from the UMaine presidency in June after nearly seven years in that role, is a Minnesota native and a University of Minnesota graduate.
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WABI quoted Alan Davenport, the director of UMaine’s Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium, in a story about changes to the zodiac signs. The changes, discussion of which has lit up the Internet, have been going on for thousands of years due to basic shifts in Earth’s position.
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