The OffshoreWIND.biz website in the Netherlands has posted an article from the Portland Press Herald about a winning Madison High School student entry in the recent Windstorm Challenge held at UMaine. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine political science professor Amy Fried was interviewed by Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a profile on Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Hinck, a Portland attorney with a diverse background. Fried said Hinck, like the other candidates, must find a way to distinguish himself from the pack. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News published a profile of long-time professor art and painter Michael Lewis, the winner of this year’s Vincent A. Hartgen Award. The award is given each year in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the arts at UMaine. A former department chair and associate dean of the College of Liberal […]
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Several news organizations, including the Bangor Daily News, Channel 2 (WLBZ), Channel 5 (WABI) and Channel 7 (WVII) reported on the recently discovered security breach of a server located at UMaine. The security breach affected people who had made purchases at UMaine’s Computer Connection as well as some people at the University of Arkansas. KATV, […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has posted online the May 2012 issue of Maine Home Garden News. Articles are written by UMaine Extension specialists, educators, and horticulture professionals, as well as master gardener volunteers in Maine. Topics, including how-to videos, cover gardening preparations best suited for May, garden planning, composting, soil temperatures, garden placement […]
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The University of Maine will hold its annual Clean Sweep Sale on from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 18 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at Estabrooke Hall. Items being sold were donated by students who moved out in early May or by the university. Items for sale include twin beds, dressers, […]
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Bangor TV station WABI reported on Wednesday’s balloon launch in Farmington, which involved UMaine faculty members and students. The UMaine representatives worked with students from Maine Maritime Academy and USM to help high school students launch giant scientific balloons as part of an experiment to see how different living organisms react to high altitudes. UMaine […]
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Carol Bankart Gilmore, 71, retired professor of business management at the University of Maine and owner of Windrift Farm in Charleston, passed away on May 9, 2012. She suffered a stroke, according to her obituary in the Bangor Daily News. Gilmore was born Dec. 18, 1940. She taught at UMaine from 1977 until the end […]
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An article in the Portland Press Herald about a winning Madison High School student entry in the recent wind technology challenge held at the University of Maine included perspective from Habib Dagher, direct of the UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, which hosted the challenge. According to the article, Dagher likened the potential economic benefits […]
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Environmental lawyer Jeff Thaler, who is a visiting professor of energy policy, law and ethics at the University of Maine, and Brooks Yeager of the Clean-Air Planet coauthored an opinion column appearing in the Portland Press Herald that challenged assertions in an earlier column that the widely held concept of global warming is losing credibility. […]
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