UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana is scheduled for a Wednesday morning (7:40 a.m) interview on WVOM radio’s Dan and Renee Show. Listeners can tune in on AM 620 or 103.1 FM. An expert in substance abuse issues, Dana will discuss a new report about the relative dangers of […]
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Monday’s Day of the Dead celebration at UMaine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story. About 150 schoolchildren participated in a program at the Hudson Museum inside the Collins Center for the Art
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the unveiling of the 2010 UMaine bookstore Christmas ornament, which is dedicated this year to the student organization Habitat UMaine. All proceeds from ornament sales will go to Habitat UMaine, which is committed to helping those who live in substandard housing in the Bangor area. The University Bookstore Commemorative […]
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Comments from UMaine small business expert Jim McConnon, a Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics, were included in a Bangor Daily News article Oct. 29 about the rise in entrepreneurial business ventures in recessionary times. Often, he says, individuals start their own businesses out of necessity. Micro-businesses and sole proprietorships are the backbone of […]
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UMaine PhD student Soren Hansen was featured in a Boston Globe story about his business Sea & Reef, one of only a few companies whose tropical saltwater fish are grown from eggs produced in captivity. Earlier this year, Hansen received a $200,000 grant from the Maine Technology Institute to build a new facility at UMaine’s […]
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University of Maine police are investigating an incendiary device, apparently contained within a bottle, discovered early this afternoon outside the university’s Sawyer Environmental Research Center. A person passing by the south side of that building noticed charred bricks on the building’s exterior and contacted the UMaine police. Officers investigated and found evidence suggesting a small […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and crops specialist Steven Johnson was interviewed for an article in the fall issue of Wisconsin-based Rural Lifestyle Dealer magazine about the importance of tractor loader dealers properly informing customers of safety precautions and proper maintenance for equipment they are buying. The magazine is both online and mailed to […]
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Comments form Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty were included in a Saturday Maine Today Media (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) story about new polls assessing the Maine gubernatorial race.
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UMaine students Jeff Sanford, Michael Pepin, Pete Christopher and Joel Martin, members of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, are included in a WABI news report about legends of ghosts in that fraternity’s house.
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Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty were included in a Friday story Associated Press story about issues surrounding political contributions to Maine Democrats by financier Donald Sussman.
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