The Portland Press Herald reported University of Maine nursing student Samantha Frank finished her college wrestling career with her fourth straight women’s 101-pound title at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) championships in Allen, Texas. “As soon as I won the first year, it was a goal of mine to win all four years,” said […]
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WVII (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5) and The Free Press previewed the Belfast Regional Job Fair. Nearly 60 area businesses will be represented at the fair scheduled for 9 a.m.–2 p.m. March 20 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. In addition, the Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce will be representing several smaller […]
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Research conducted by the University of Maine was cited in a Portland Press Herald article about the paper’s Energy Saver Award winner, WindowDressers. Every year, the paper’s Source Awards honor a handful of accomplished Maine residents, organizations and businesses working in the arena of sustainability. The Rockland-based nonprofit helps Mainers build low-cost, window-insulating inserts for […]
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The Bangor Daily News and the Associated Press reported that University of Maine System Chancellor James Page is expected to make his recommendation for the next president of the University of Maine in an executive session Monday. The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System will be meeting at the University of Southern […]
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The Kennebec Journal ran a University of Maine media release announcing junior Taylor Michele Houdlette was awarded the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship. The junior English major from Dresden will study abroad in Ireland during the 2018 fall semester as part of the student exchange program. The competitive merit-based scholarship honors the 1998 Northern Ireland […]
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The Cape Cod Times announced Allen and Patricia Morell of Centerville, Massachusetts will receive the Bernard Lown ’42 Alumni Humanitarian Award from the University of Maine Alumni Association for their lifetime of service to others. The couple, both 1973 graduates, have devoted themselves to improving the lives of impoverished children at the Child Rescue Centre, […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced the two-day professional development program, Beginning the Journey of Courageous Communication: Integrating nonviolent communication and interpersonal neurobiology, slated for May 17–18 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. For more information, to register or to request an accommodation or scholarship application, contact Diana McSorley, 338.8093, diana.mcsorley@maine.edu.
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The Bangor Daily News cited Neil Comins, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Maine, in the editorial, “Stephen Hawking’s sage advice on life, love and black holes.” Hawking, a theoretical physicist, died March 14 at the age of 76. Hawking’s unexpected findings about black holes intrigued people outside the scientific community, […]
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Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and an associate professor of pomology for UMaine’s School of Food and Agriculture, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about pruning fruit trees. “This is the time of year when the temperature starts to warm up and there’s less […]
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The Piscataquis Observer reported about 700 elementary students in Piscataquis County will complete an assortment of agricultural projects as part of the GrowME program. The initiative is a collaboration among the Valley Grange, University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County, and Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District, according to the article. Walter Boomsma, […]
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