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2013 Commencement Honorary Degree Recipient and Speaker Lawrence Bender
UMaine alumnus and producer of Academy Award®-winning films.
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UMaine Researchers Say Prenatal Methadone Treatments Must Address Effects on Fetal and Infant Development
UMaine researchers say prenatal methadone treatments must address effects on fetal and infant development.
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Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase April 16
Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase April 16.
Read moreMedia Covers UMaine’s Paper Days, Cellulose Nanofiber Pilot Plant
Several news organizations including WLBZ (Channel 2), WVII (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News covered the University of Maine’s 63rd annual Paper Days. During the Wednesday event, the university unveiled the nation’s first Cellulose Nanofiber Pilot Plant and Sen. Angus King and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud spoke.
Read moreSappi Scholarship Donation Cited on Several Websites
The donation by Sappi Fine Paper to the University of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation for $100,000 worth of scholarships over the course of four years was picked up by several media outlets, including the websites Daily Markets, Stockhouse and The Sacramento Bee.
Read morePenobscot Bay Pilot Reports on UMaine Climate Change Researchers Alaska Trip
The Penobscot Bay Pilot wrote an article about the upcoming trip to Alaska by University of Maine climate change researchers to collect an ice core record of Arctic climate change over the past 1,000 years. Karl Kreutz, professor in UMaine’s Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences; UMaine graduate student Seth Campbell; […]
Read moreBDN Blog Mentions Art Class Project Benefiting Hirundo
The Bangor Daily News blog “Act out with Aislinn” by BDN reporter Aislinn Sarnacki included an entry about a project by students in a University of Maine advanced art education course taught by Constant Albertson. The students are making and selling mugs to benefit the Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton.
Read morePine Tree Watchdog Covers UMaine Student’s State House Ethics Discussion
Pine Tree Watchdog reported on University of Maine honors student Shelbe Lane’s March 27 testimony of LD 1001, a bill she helped write. “An Act To Improve Laws Governing Financial Disclosure by Legislators and Certain Public Employees and Public Access to Information Disclosed” was proposed by Gov. Paul LePage and sponsored by Democratic legislator Sen. […]
Read moreExpanding Your Horizons Featured in The Weekly
An April 3 story in The Weekly highlighted the experience of Brewer Community School eighth-graders who attended Expanding Your Horizons March 14 at the University of Maine.
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