Contact: Aaron Putnam (207) 581-2166 An international science journal this week published a paper, authored by a UMaine Ph.D. candidate, which claims to resolve a long-standing debate about the end of the last ice age in New Zealand. Aaron Putnam, a glacial geologist in UMaine’s Department of Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute, was the […]
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A story in Seafood Source provides details on last week’s Lobster Academy, held in two New Brunswick locations. Bob Bayer and Cathy Billings from UMaine’s Lobster Institute both spoke at the event, attended by more than 30 people from eight countries. It is intended to raise awareness about the lobster among leaders in the seafood […]
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Contact: Len Kaye, (207) 262-7922; Kelly Alden, (207) 602-2137 ORONO — The annual International Symposium of Safe Medicine, cosponsored by the University of Maine Center on Aging, will bring together more than a hundred experts from around the nation and foreign countries involved with prescribing, administering and overseeing the use and abuse of prescription drugs. […]
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Comments from Nory Jones of the UMaine Business School faculty are included in a Monday Maine Public Radio report about broadband Internet access and its importance for Maine economic development.
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Monday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story about Sunday’s Out of the Darkness suicide awareness walk, organized by the UMaine Counseling Center. The walk, which also serves as a fundraiser to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, had more than 160 registered participants. The story included comments from Bethany Asquith, coordinator of the Counseling […]
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Amy Fried are included in a Monday Kennebec Journal story looking at the potential political impact of issues related to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, who represents Maine’s 1st District. Recent news stories have reported questions about the propriety of Pingree flying on a private jet owned by her fiancee, Donald […]
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Comments from UMaine Cooperative Extension veterinarian Ann Lichtenwalner were included in a Saturday Bangor Daily News report about the ways in which Maine officials work to ensure the safety of eggs produced in the state. Lichtenwalner oversees efforts at UMaine’s Animal Health Laboratory, which is also featured in photos accompanying the story.
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Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was quoted in a Portland Press Herald story looking at the history and impact of voting by Mainers who identify themselves as having Franco heritage.
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The midcoast newspaper Village Soup has a story about the installation of a new bridge in Belfast. The new bridge employs bridge-in-a-backpack technology developed at UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer are included in a seacoastonline.com report analyzing the lead that GOP gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage has established in pre-election polls.
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