University of Maine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron will be featured in an upcoming episode of the ESPN show “Outside the Lines.” The show is scheduled to air at 3 p.m. on April 3. Barron was interviewed about Title IX and the use of male students as practice players for women’s basketball teams, among other […]
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Paul Culina, the head trainer for UMaine athletics, was interviewed Thursday morning on Bangor TV station WABI about the Sgt. Leroy Patterson Scholarship Fund Benefit Hockey Game, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday, April 1 at Alfond Arena. Patterson, who died in January, was a 33-year veteran of the UMaine Department of Public Safety. […]
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The Westbrook High School Symphonic Band was the subject of a story in the weekly American Journal, which noted the band will play at a Wednesday, April 11 event to kick off the inauguration of UMaine President Paul W. Ferguson. The band will play alongside the University of Maine Symphonic Band in a free concert […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a report about UMaine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron, who is undertaking a major recruiting trip through 10 countries. Barron will have visited Italy, Serbia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, England, Israel, Latvia and Belgium before returning to Maine. He told the BDN that Europe is the best place to get […]
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A Bangor Daily News article reported on new student internships and funds for Maine companies to hire interns available from UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation and the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. Renee Kelly, co-director of the center, said the Innovate for Maine program marries together UMaine’s Innovation Engineering program, which trains students across numerous disciplines […]
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Justin Martin, a UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College preceptor of journalism, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the news that financier Donald Sussman has acquired a larger share of Maine Today Media, the company that owns and operates the Portland Press Herald and other properties. Martin said he was […]
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The website Mass High Tech reported that UMaine’s Process Development Center has received a development loan of $99,660, matched with $113,000, to further develop and license its process technologies to produce a novel nanocellulose-based release paper in conjunction with its development partner, Stirling Consulting Inc. Nanocellulose is said to have benefits over other nanomaterials, including […]
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In a Maine Public Broadcasting News radio story about the race for Maine’s open U.S. Senate seat, UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was quoted about a particular candidate’s potential conflict of interest issues. Brewer said there has to be some way in which to know if steps or safeguards are not being followed or if […]
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Seacoast Online, a website of newspapers covering southern Maine and northern New Hampshire, had a story about York, Maine company Rohrer Technologies Inc., which received in February a $25,000 Maine Technology Institute grant to work with UMaine’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The company and UMaine will conduct advanced computer simulations that will help fine-tune the […]
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John Patches, executive director of UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts, and George Kinghorn, director of the University of Maine Museum of Art, were guests Wednesday morning on the George Hale/Ric Tyler Show on WVOM radio. Patches and Kinghorn discussed arts and their impact on the local economy. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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