WVII (Channel 7) aired a story last month about a University of Maine journalism class and its efforts to cover the November election. Nearly 30 students in Joshua Roiland’s Introduction to Journalism course set up a newsroom and covered local, state and national election stories. Roiland is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication […]
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The Mercury News of San Jose, California, NBC Los Angeles, Orange County Sun, NPR Illinois and Providence Journal reported on the recent expansion of the University of Maine’s Flagship Match financial aid program. UMaine’s Flagship Match is a competitive scholarship program that guarantees academically qualified, first-year students from several states will pay the same tuition […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Mayewski spoke about the latest research findings from the Arctic, his insights about the pace and impact of climate change, and the death of fellow climate scientist and UMaine professor Gordon Hamilton.
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported former University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove will be honored next week at the New England Football Writers Association’s annual banquet. Cosgrove, who is now the senior associate athletic director at UMaine, is receiving […]
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Jonathan Rubin, a professor of resource economics and policy at the University of Maine, was cited in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Trump should look beyond the past, stop promising to make coal great again.” Demand for coal in the U.S. has dropped because natural gas is a cheaper alternative. So, the only way President-elect […]
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An unpleasant experience on the way back from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge in South Carolina did not stop the University of Maine women’s basketball team from giving back to the community on Thanksgiving, reported WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News. On Wednesday, Nov. 23, hours […]
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A story in the Portland Press Herald quotes Andrew Thomas, a University of Maine oceanography professor, on what researchers would lose, if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on a plan to eliminate or scale back climate change research at NASA. In interviews last week, the paper reports, Trump’s space policy adviser said NASA, under the […]
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Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems at the University of Maine, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for a report about the high number of predicted Cyber Monday transactions. “Not everybody wants to stay up all night to brave the cold and the crowds and wait for hours to maybe get a good deal […]
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The Associated Press mentioned the University of Maine and its Flagship Match financial aid program in the article, “Seeking students, public colleges reduce out-of-state prices.” One widely noticed move, according to the AP, was made by UMaine, which charges high-achievers from nine other states the same tuition they would pay at their home state’s flagship. […]
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The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is playing a key role in boosting the growing market demand for cross-laminated timber (CLT) and other engineered wood products, reports Mainebiz. Stephen Shaler, director of UMaine’s School of Forest Resources, is leading a CLT testing project at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, funded by […]
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