The Bangor Daily News carried The Sports Xchange report that the Green Bay Packers had hired Ben Sirmans, former University of Maine assistant football coach and running back. After his UMaine career, Sirmans coached for 16 years in the college ranks before going to the St. Louis Rams in the NFL.
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Bradfield Lyon, a climate analyst and associate research professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Climate Progress for the article, “Africa is going through a serious drought and El Nino is making it worse.” According to the article, El Nino has exacerbated a crippling drought interrupting the rainy season used for planting much needed […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that for the past several years, Orono artist Kris Sader has been planning and creating pieces for an outdoor winter art installation that will be located in the Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden on the University of Maine campus. Sader said she plans to “clothe” the garden using natural […]
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WABI (Channel 5), The Washington Times, The Daily Journal, Berkshire Eagle and WGME (Channel 13) reported the University of Maine has been awarded almost $12,000 from the USDA to further research the state’s potato industry. The funding will help enhance critical food research of Maine’s agricultural sector, according to the report.
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The Bangor Daily News reported Paige Brown, a student at Bangor High School, is one of 40 U.S. high school seniors recognized as a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious precollege science and math competition. Brown is one of 57 students enrolled in Bangor High School’s STEM Academy, […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the UMaine Career Center will host the 18th annual UMaine Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. More than 120 employers from Maine and around the country with job and internship opportunities are […]
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Engineering News-Record (ENR) published an article about the University of Maine-led New England Aqua Ventus I offshore wind project. UMaine researchers are completing the design and engineering work for a full-scale floating hull for the proposed 12-MW Aqua Ventus I offshore wind farm, according to the article. The project follows the successful 2014 deployment of […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing registration is open for Maine Summer Youth Music Camp (MSYM) at the University of Maine. The program continues a 23-year tradition that attracts some of the state’s most talented middle and high school musicians and performers. MSYM Junior Camp, July 10–15, and Senior Camp, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Museum of Art will host an event as part of downtown Bangor’s Winter WigOut Weekend. The museum’s Wigtopia will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 and will include snacks, beer, wine, wig-themed games such as toss the hair bun, prizes for most […]
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The Weekly published a feature article on Shawn Laatsch, the new executive director of the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium and Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine. Laatsch has worked in planetariums his entire career, most recently at the Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo, Hawaii, a facility that holds both a planetarium and a […]
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