Mainebiz reported Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, has been named one of 2016’s Top 25 Newsmakers by Engineering-News Record (ENR). The award will be formally presented in April in New York City. At that time, ENR also will announce which one of the Top 25 Newsmakers […]
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The University of Maine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast will host a regional job fair in partnership with the Maine Department of Labor, Workforce Solutions, Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, Our Town Belfast and the Belfast Creative Coalition, The Republican Journal reported. For additional information on the fair, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine is paying about $75,000 in back wages to more than 900 current and former Dining Services student employees. The money will compensate workers who weren’t paid during 15-minute meal breaks over a two-year span, the BDN reported. Retroactive pay was offered as a matter of fairness […]
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Student members of the MBS Corps, the Maine Business School’s community outreach organization, visited the studio of WVII (Channel 7) to promote the group’s upcoming fundraiser, “Nets 4 Pets 4 Vets.” Noelle Hanna and Michael Fagan spoke about the basketball tournament and dinner that will be held March 24 to raise money for the Bangor […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article that featured tips on how to start a successful community garden. Once you have a plot of land selected, it’s not a bad idea to do a soil test, the article advises. The Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station’s Analytical Laboratory and Maine […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel reported on an upcoming production of the Neil Simon’s 1969 comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” The show will be staged at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 at the Collins Center for the Arts. During the decade of free love, Barney Cashman — middle-aged, married, overweight and overworked […]
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A 2010 University of Maine study was cited in a WLBZ (Channel 2) report about driving in snowy conditions. The study found accidents are more likely to happen when there are less than four inches of snow on the ground, with the most happening when there are less than two inches. Experts said one to […]
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The Associated Press reported a group of experts will travel to Bath to discuss the effects of the invasive browntail moth on Feb. 22. The moth has the ability to defoliate trees, and has tiny hairs that can cause a rash and respiratory problems in humans, the AP reported. Speakers at the event will include […]
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A Portland Press Herald report notes an estimated 99 University of Maine faculty, staff, students and their family members have been affected by the federal Executive Order temporarily banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim nations. The newspaper cited the figure in a story on the confusion the travel ban — and subsequent legal wrangling — […]
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Lucas Ashbaugh, a graduate student in the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Russian hacking reveals a dangerous gap in US cyber policy.” Ashbaugh is pursuing a master’s degree in international security, and is president of the Cybersecurity Team at UMaine.
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