Brewer in Story on LePage Polling Lead
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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Sandy Ives Memorial Lectures Announced
Contact: Pauleena MacDougall, 581-1848 ORONO — The first of three lectures in the Edward D. “Sandy” Ives Memorial Lecture Series: On Humanities and Place is scheduled Monday, Oct. 4 in the Memorial Union with speaker Donna Cassidy, writer and professor of American and New England studies and art history at the University of Southern Maine. […]
Read moreFried Featured in Absentee Voting Story
Comments from Amy Fried of the UMaine political science faculty are included in a Friday Bangor Daily News story about the growing popularity of absentee voting among the Maine electorate. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap estimates that Maine absentee voting could reach 30 percent for the November election.
Read moreTelevision stations Report on Bridge Construction
Television stations WABI and WLBZ/WCSH broadcast Thursday reports about a bridge construction project in Belfast. The Perkins Bridge is being replaced using bridge-in-a-backpack technology developed at UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
Read moreAll Five Maine Gubernatorial Candidates to Visit UMaine Oct. 5
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will host a series of public forums featuring Maine’s five gubernatorial candidates on Tuesday Oct. 5. Each candidate will appear individually in Wells Conference Center for a 45-minute session during which they will answer a series of questions posed by moderator John Rebar, […]
Read moreFeature Story About UMaine’s Blacksmith Workshop
The Bangor Daily News features a UMaine blacksmith workshop, taught by guest artisan Robert Adams and under the leadership of UMaine associate adjunct professor of sculpture Greg Ondo. Students are working this year on a new $740 forge purchased with stimulus money allotted to the sculpture department. Student Garrett White told the BDN the presence […]
Read moreBelfast Bridge-In-A-Backpack Construction Noted
The ongoing Belfast bridge project using technology developed by UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center is highlighted in a Bangor Daily News story. The bridge-in-a-backpack technology has also been used in Pittsfield, Anson and Hermon.
Read moreDown East Columnist Writes About Research Into Connection Between Tamiflu And Pine Needles
Down East Magazine’s Al Diamon focuses his column “Maine Humor” on the discovery made by UMaine researchers that the needles of some conifer trees contain high levels of an acid that is a key ingredient of anti-flu drugs.
Read moreRadio Stations Plan Saturday Hockey Preview
Fox Sports Maine 97.1, the flagship station for the Black Bear Sports Network, will broadcast a Maine hockey pre-season special Saturday night Sept. 25 from 5-5:30 p.m. Fox Sports Maine’s Jon Shields will host the program, a commercial-free conversation with Black Bear head coach Tim Whitehead. They will talk about the upcoming season, the Maine […]
Read moreBurnett Discusses Senior Corps Week on Portland Television
Paula Burnett, the RSVP program director in UMaine’s Center on Aging, appeared Wednesday Morning on Portland’s WCSH television to discuss National Senior Corps Week, which is celebrating the accomplishments of volunteers age 55 and over through the Foster Grandparent Program, Senior Companion Program, and RSVP.
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