WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on Maine Day, the University of Maine’s annual campuswide spring cleanup tradition. UMaine community members took part in a “Star Wars” theme parade, completed service projects aimed at sprucing up the campus, enjoyed a free barbecue, competed for the oozeball — mud volleyball — championship, and participated […]
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, spoke with National Public Radio’s “Marketplace” for the report, “Billions in aid for low-income seniors go unclaimed.” The number of seniors living in poverty has increased during the last few years, and today more than […]
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Mainebiz reported the University of Maine and Portland-based Kepware Technologies unveiled the Kepware Digital Systems and Robotics Laboratory in Barrows Hall on Tuesday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new lab will offer hands-on classes through the university’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering by providing students with hardware and software development tools to design and […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event hosted by the UMaine Circle K club. The group has held the event for the last six years on Maine Day to raise awareness and funds for pediatric cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about the risk of Zika virus in Maine. Dill said it’s unlikely anyone will contract the virus in Maine this summer, adding the mosquito species known to carry the disease isn’t found here, and mosquito surveillance efforts […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported Winthrop-based company Alba-Technic has advanced to the second round of competition to develop new shock absorbing materials to save lives. The company is one of five winners out of more than 100 applicants of the Head Health Challenge, a collaboration of the NFL and other entities to try and […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with The Associated Press for the article, “The governor’s good day: A new dog and a legal victory.” After multiple recent criticisms, Gov. Paul LePage had some good news when a federal judge tossed a lawsuit accusing him of abuse of power, and […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported that due to predicted rain, “FLOW: An evening of water themed light & projection” at the Thomas Hill Standpipe in Bangor originally slated for May 4 has been rescheduled for May 11. The multimedia event — a partnership among the Coaction Lab at the University of Maine, Intermedia MFA program at […]
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Employees of the University of Maine Career Center, as well as the UMaine Class of 2016 salutatorian were featured in a two-part WABI (Channel 5) report on Maine’s job market. “Most people think, ‘Well there are no jobs in Maine and everybody needs to leave the state,’ and that is really not what our data […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the article, “Novel program draws out-of-state students, fuels jump in UMaine admissions,” a day after the paper and other media reported enrollment at the University of Maine in September is up by 22 percent over last year. “We’re ecstatic with these numbers,” said Joel Wincowski, interim vice president for enrollment […]
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