The Maine Edge reported the Friends of Maine Hockey’s annual Skate with the Bears event will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Alfond Arena. Families are invited to join the 2015–2016 University of Maine men’s and women’s ice hockey teams on the ice for photos and autographs. Domino’s will […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the Winter Art Factory held at the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor. The art-making event included several stations for wrapping, creating ornaments and other seasonal projects. The family-friendly event was free and open to the public. “We try and get everybody of all ages because […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about the 2015 Senior Art Exhibition, “The Ghosts of Carnegie Hall” in the Lord Hall Gallery on campus. The show runs until Jan. 22, displaying paintings, sculpture, photography, digital and other artwork created by 14 UMaine studio art majors graduating in December or in the […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported scientists at the University of Maine are testing the strength of wood from Norway spruce trees planted by the Civilian Conservation Corp during the Great Depression. UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center’s students and staff are evaluating the […]
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James McCleave, a University of Maine professor emeritus of marine sciences and an expert on eels, was quoted in a New York Times article on recent research about the fish. American eels spend their adult lives in rivers and estuaries from Greenland to Venezuela, but they share a single reproductive site in the Sargasso Sea, […]
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The Hartford Courant reported on a new financial aid program at the University of Maine that is geared toward out-of-state students, including those from Connecticut. UMaine’s Flagship Match Program is a competitive scholarship program that guarantees academically qualified, first-year students from several states will pay the same tuition and fee rate as their home state’s […]
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Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “With more varieties and growing demand, seaweed is Maine’s crop to watch.” Redmond, who collaborates with commercial seaweed producers such as Maine Fresh Sea Farms in Bristol, began […]
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A tweet written by Michael Socolow, a communication and journalism professor at the University of Maine, was included in the Politico article, “Cable networks blasted after showing live footage inside Calif. killers’ apartment.” MSNBC, CNN and Fox received swift blowback for broadcasting live footage from inside the apartment of the husband and wife who killed […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was cited in the Portland Press Herald’s latest column in the Maine Gardener series. The article focused on gift ideas for gardeners. For do-it-yourself types, the author suggested giving material — lumber and strapping — to build bee houses. The author also advised including a printed copy of the […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News articles on Lewiston’s mayoral runoff election between progressive activist Ben Chin and conservative incumbent Robert Macdonald. “I think the Lewiston mayor’s race is a microcosm of American politics as a whole right now,” Brewer […]
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