UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed by Bangor TV station WLBZ about how the ongoing Maine Republican caucus works. Brewer said there because there is no clear frontrunner at this point, the caucuses will be hard to predict this year. He thinks the winner will either be Mitt Romney or Ron Paul, who are […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Maine Gov. Paul LePage has named Lauri Sidelko, director of UMaine’s Alcohol and Drug Education Programs (ADEP), to the Maine Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force. Sidelko will focus on education. The task force will report every six months to the governor, the attorney general, the commissioner of public safety, […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer discussed Maine Republican politics and the upcoming caucuses in the state for the Feb. 5 edition of the Inside America program on ABC NewsRadio, a national Australian radio news station with nearly a million listeners. Brewer discussed the state’s political climate and the lurch to the right with the […]
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Brazilian student Lucas Ramos is studying chemical engineering at the University of Maine courtesy of Science Without Borders, a program funded by the Brazilian government and aimed at advancing that country’s economic standing and technological expertise. The program eventually will place 100,000 promising students at participating colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad, covering […]
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Maine Animal Club students at the University of Maine are hosting this year’s annual Northeast Student Affiliate of the American Dairy Science Association and American Society of Animal Science competition Feb 18. More than college 200 students from 10 Northeast schools will compete in livestock judging, an agricultural quiz bowl and a paper presentation contest. […]
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UMaine announced Sunday that Black Bear student athletes Kelly Newton of the field hockey team and Andrew Rogers of the men’s basketball team are the recipients of the 2012 “M” Club Dean Smith Awards. The awards are presented annually to the top male and female student-athlete with outstanding academic and athletic achievement, along with citizenship […]
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Bangor TV station WABI had a story on a project at the University of Maine Museum of Art in which Maine youth are painting thousands of red roses to help artist Tim Rollins create a painting about legendary Senator Margaret Chase Smith. Smith was known for wearing a red rose on her lapel. Rollins’ painting […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the news that UMaine’s aerospace engineering concentration has produced its first graduate. Richard McGrath of Westport Island said he took the required three classes after he was laid off from Bath Iron Works. Adjunct professor David Rubenstein, who teaches aeronautics, astronautics, flight dynamics, modeling and control of aircraft and […]
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UMaine business professor Steve Colburn and some of his students were featured in a story on Bangor’s WABI TV station. Colburn’s students are providing free tax assistance at the Orono Public Library this month and next month to those who qualify. Colburn, who is supervising the students, said the program is a way for them […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for a story in the Central Maine Morning Sentinel about this year’s elections for Maine House and Senate. Brewer said both houses are up for grabs again after the Republicans took control of both last year, and it is conceivable there could be a change in partisan control. […]
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