Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 or joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — University of Maine President Robert Kennedy has selected Steve Abbott to serve as interim athletic director beginning Monday, Sept. 6. An attorney who served as Sen. Susan Collins’ chief of staff for 12 years, Abbott grew up on and around the UMaine campus where his […]
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MPBN reports the Lewiston School Department will use part of its $2 million share of federal funding for professional development through the University of Maine.
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Research into the effects of arsenic on mast cells, which help regulate the body’s immune system, being done by UMaine biochemist Julie Gosse and a team of student researchers, was the subject of a U.S. News and World Report story.
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Mary Ellen Camire of the UMaine food science and human nutrition faculty was the lead resource for a Thursday WLBZ televison story about government oversight of the dietary supplement industry. The story was based on a Consumer Reports investigation of that subject.
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A Thursday WABI television report described the work of UMaine senior Molly Lizotte, who has developed the Wabanaki Interpretive Trail at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton as a senior capstone project. The self-guided nature trail, seven-tenths of a mile long, features information about the history of Pushaw Stream fish and Native American fishing.
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UMaine mechanical engineering professor Mick Peterson is quoted in a Los Angeles Times report and several other stories about a Thursday California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) ruling. The group decided against the Oak Tree Racing Association’s proposal to use the Santa Anita race track in Arcadia, Cal. for fall facing. CHRB engaged Peterson to assess […]
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Prof. Jon Ippollito of the UMaine New Media faculty is quoted in a technology report on an Australian news Web site about his 12-year-old son’s Legohacker blog. The blog details the young man’s work with LEGO kits, building original creations from parts shipped in a kit for making a specific object. His latest efforts involve […]
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Bob Bayer and Cathy Billings from the UMaine Lobster Institute will appear on the Sunday Aug. 22 edition of “Back to Business,” hosted by Deb Neumann. During the program, which airs from 2-3 p.m. on 103.9 FM (Bangor), 101.3 FM (Augusta) and 96.7 FM (Portsmouth), Bayer, Billings and other guests will talk about the state […]
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Rick Kersbergen of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty is the lead source for a Bangor Daily News story looking at the impact of the summer’s dry weather on Maine’s August hay crop. Kersbegen, who estimates that 30 to 40 percent of Maine is experiencing drought, notes that corn and other “shallow-rooted” crops are also feeling […]
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Comments from Prof. Gayle Zydlewski of the UMaine School of Marine Science are included in a Wednesday Maine Public Radio story reporting on advances in technology developed by Manie-based Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC). Zydlewski is part of the team working with ORPC to assess the impact of the company’s underwater power turbine on the […]
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