Prof. Ann Sossong from the UMaine School of Nursing has received the Maine Organization of Nurse Executives’ Nurse Leadership and Achievement Award. It was presented at the Maine Hospital Association annual luncheon on Thursday, June 23. “The School of Nursing faculty, students, and graduates reap benefits from Ann’s leadership in state initiatives to strengthen the […]
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UMaine Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics Prof. Andre Khalil, accompanied by graduate students Kendra Mooers and Aaron Tanenbaum, made an invited presentation at the Tuesday June 21 annual meeting of the Maine Cancer Foundation. The presentation focused on the latest research in Khalil’s computational analysis and modeling lab, which has been funded twice by the […]
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Maine Public Radio has posted online a recording of UMaine Prof. Paul Mayewski’s March talk, “Climate Change and the Role of Humans.” The statewide network broadcast the talk last Friday. Mayewski is director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute.
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The June 26 Maine Sunday Telegram includes an opinion column, “Offshore wind has role in Maine’s future,” written by UMaine School of Economics Prof. Mario Teisl, in collaboration with his faculty colleagues Caroline Noblet, Shannon McCoy and Gary Hunt.
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Comments from Prof. Ivan Fernandez of UMaine’s soil sciences faculty are included in a Bangor Daily News story about Sen. Susan Collins’ Thursday announcement that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s New England Plant, Soil and Water Laboratory, located at UMaine, will remain open. Fernandez provided perspectives on the value of the work conducted at the […]
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Friday’s Portland Press Herald includes a story wrapping up the three-day EnergyOcean International conference held this week in Portland. In the story, Ken Fletcher, director of Maine’s state energy office pointed out that the state is “fully committed” to the development of energy sources from the ocean. UMaine is leading the DeepCWind Consortium, a broad-based, […]
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Prof. Len Kaye, director of UMaine’s Center on Aging, was quoted in a Central Maine Morning Sentinel feature story about the challenges faced by those providing care for elderly relatives. The story includes perspectives on the support services available for those in such situations, especially in Maine, where the story says that network is “expanding.”
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Sharon Barker, director of UMaine’s Women’s Resource Center, will be a guest on the Thursday June 9 edition of Maine Public Television’s “Maine Watch” program. The subject will be issues and programs related to girls and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines. Barker will talk about the National Girls Collaborative Project and other relevant […]
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A Thursday Lewiston Sun Journal story reports on new technology being implemented at Falcon Performance Footwear in Auburn. The company is investing in custom-built equipment to manufacture toe caps for its boots. The story notes that UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center has played an important role in developing the new process, which the news story says […]
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Sandy beaches cover only about two percent of Maine’s vast coastline, but generate significant economic impact through tourism, recreation, and coastal living. On Friday, July 15, these diverse interests will gather at Southern Maine Community College for the Maine Beaches Conference.
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