The Bangor Daily News health website highlighted a UMaine news release about researchers who have been comparing athletes’ performance on an underwater treadmill versus a traditional treadmill. The group, which included graduate students Philip Watson and Travis Bouchard and undergraduate Cassandra Mendonca, who received degrees in May 2012, along with professor Robert Lehnhard, had found […]
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University of Maine baseball player Stephen Perakslis has been selected in the 21st round, 644th overall, of the 2012 MLB Entry Draft, by the Chicago Cubs. He becomes the second Black Bear drafted in as many days, joining Jeffrey Gibbs who was selected Tuesday in the ninth round, 303rd overall, by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Perakslis, […]
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Bangor TV station WABI reported on UMaine’s Upward Bound program, which has been in existence for 46 years but due to a funding cut may now be eliminated. Upward Bound co-director Lori Wingo noted the program assists low-income, first-generation students for whom applying for college and financial aid can be intimidating. Becky Colannino, who is […]
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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried has a column in the Bangor Daily News about Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s recent veto of a bond for research and development. Fried noted that about 15 years ago, a bipartisan group of Maine leaders realized that R&D is critical to the state’s future and created the Maine Economic Improvement […]
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Two students who said they are heading to UMaine were interviewed in a Bangor Daily News article about Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s promotion of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education. Nick Ferguson of Sidney and Derek Caron of Oakland, both seniors at Messalonskee High School in Oakland, said they intend to study chemical engineering […]
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Dustin Penner, who played hockey at UMaine and is now playing in the Stanley Cup finals with the Los Angeles Kings, was profiled on the Sports Illustrated website. The profile noted that although Penner “skated like Bambi” when he first arrived at UMaine, the wing player now has three goals and eight assists in the […]
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University of Maine baseball junior pitcher Jeffrey Gibbs was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth round, 303rd overall, Tuesday afternoon in the 2012 MLB Entry Draft. Gibbs, a business major from Toronto, has seen action in 42 games for the Black Bears, making 39 career starts. He is 16-13 in his career with […]
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Based on extensive studies carried out in the last five years, researchers have determined why cod living at high densities developed cataracts.
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