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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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. […]
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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.
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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.
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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, […]
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