UMaine in the News

Mayewski quoted in BDN editorial on climate change

Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Why we should be hopeful about the Paris climate pact.” The climate accord reached this month in Paris sets an international goal of limiting the increase of the global average temperature, but the accord […]

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Morse quoted in Press Herald report on Maine oyster farms

Dana Morse, a scientist with Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about how aquaculture is helping Maine’s oyster industry. According to the Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine has 60 oyster farms, with another 13 permits pending, and the majority of oysters that […]

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Ward speaks with BDN about Technology Research Center’s future

Jake Ward, the University of Maine’s vice president for innovation and economic development, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the future of the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute’s (FBRI) Technology Research Center. FBRI researchers work on campus to create and commercialize new wood-based bioproducts that they test on a larger scale at […]

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Doctoral students speak with Current Publishing about Bridgton science center

University of Maine doctoral students Amy Kireta and Brett Gerard were quoted in a Current Publishing article on the newly opened Maine Lake Science Center in Bridgton. After seven years of planning by the Lakes Environmental Association, the year-round facility opened in June to attract scientists and educators from Maine and beyond, to conduct lake-related […]

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BDN publishes op-ed by Allen

The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “We’ve viewed nature as something to dominate. Now, we live with consequences,” by Doug Allen, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine.

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Lehnhard quoted in Maine Women article on physical education changes

Robert Lehnhard, an education professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Maine Women article, “The new PE: Less competition, more fitness.” Lehnhard, who studies fitness involving school-aged kids, has found students who progressed through 12 years of school were “significantly less fit when they finished than when they started,” according to the […]

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Joe Harasymiak named new football head coach, media report

The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WVII (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), Sun Journal and 92.9 FM The Ticket reported University of Maine Director of Athletics Karlton Creech has announced that Joe Harasymiak will become the next UMaine football head coach, effective Jan. 1. […]

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President Hunter appears on ‘Bill Green’s Maine’

University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter was featured on an episode of “Bill Green’s Maine” on WLBZ (Channel 2 in Bangor) and WCSH (Channel 6 in Portland). The segment touched on the background and goals of UMaine’s first woman president. “I think of myself as somebody who leads the university from within the community, […]

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BDN cites Kelly in analysis on understanding, helping Maine entrepreneurs

A 2014 paper written by Renee Kelly, director of economic development initiatives at the University of Maine, was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Before Maine can help entrepreneurs, it needs to understand them.” In her paper, Kelly wrote the state is focused more on the seven technology sectors — biotechnology, composites and advanced […]

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