The Portland Press Herald carried a story about the UMaine student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, whose members recently designed and installed a new sewage and wastewater disposal system in a small rural village in Honduras. Students have been volunteering over spring and winter breaks on the project for several years. Contact: George Manlove, (207)581-3756
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Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, discussed expectations for honeybees this year, in view of the light winter, with Channel 7 (WVII). Dill says elevated mite populations could cause a decline in this year’s bee populations, but hives are healthy at this point. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine Dean of Student Affairs Robert Dana told the Bangor Daily News that the Dayglow music, paint and dance party that came to UMaine on Maine Day probably will not be invited back in the future. “Thousands of students had a wonderful time and a small number of people misbehaved and ended up […]
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In a Columbia Journalism Review column, Justin Martin, a UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College preceptor of journalism, writes that news organizations often overstate the size of their foreign bureaus. Martin believes the use of the word bureau to describe a single correspondent in a particular city is meant to trick audiences into […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator Richard Brzozowski was interviewed for a Central Maine Morning Sentinel report about horses that died of botulism on a farm in southern Maine. Brzozowski discussed the sensitive stomachs of horses, which may be impacted by impurities in baleage, the partially dried forage in large round bales that is then […]
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University of Maine professor of psychology Marie Hayes, an expert in perinatal and neonatal drug addition and infant withdrawal, was interviewed for several extensive articles on the increasing number of opiate-addicted infants born to addicted mothers.
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The Downeast-based Fenceviewer.com news site advanced a planned November Hancock Business Conference and Trade Show in Ellsworth. The article includes quotes about small business in Maine from Gov. Paul LePage and UMaine Extension educator Louis Bassano, who says Maine businesses need access to cost-effective, high-quality training and information to succeed. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator Caragh Fitzgerald was part of a panel discussion on farming in Maine and farming co-ops. The discussion was broadcast live on Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Seacoastonline.com in southern Maine carried an article about UMaine music major Kayla Peard of York, Maine, who will graduate May 5 as salutatorian of her class. A member of the UMaine Honors College, Peard has a 4.0 GPA. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Gianna Marrs, interim director of the Office of Student Financial Aid at UMaine, and Connie Smith, associate director of the Office of Student Financial Aid, were interviewed Monday by Channels 5 (WABI), 2 (WLBZ) and 7 (WVII) about the burden of debt Maine’s college graduates are facing as the interest rate on government-backed student loans […]
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