UMaine junior distance runner Riley Masters broke his own school record in the mile on Saturday, running 3:58.17 during the Valentine Invitational at Boston University. This marks the second time that the Bangor native has broken the four-minute mile mark, and it qualifies him for the NCAA Championships in that event. More information is in […]
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Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty are included in an Associated Press story about the influence of the Maine Legislature’s Moderate Caucus, a group of at least 45 lawmakers that Brewer predicts will become “a key player” in legislative decisions.
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UMaine College of Business, Public Policy and Health Dean Ivan Manev wrote a column, “Prosperity starts with business,” in Saturday’s Bangor Daily News. It was the first installment in the newspaper’s “The Deans of Business” feature, a series of columns to be written by Manev and the business deans at Husson University and the University […]
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WABI television broadcast a Saturday report about UMaine’s winter carnival activities. The story included an interview with E.J. Roach, UMaine’s director of campus activities.
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a story about a Friday UMaine presentation by Hunter College Prof. Virginia Valian. An expert on gender issues, Valian gave a talk, “Why so slow? The advancement of women.” It was the public kick-off event presented by UMaine’s Rising Tide Center, an effort aimed at advancing women academics in science, […]
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A Wall Street Journal article about 10 of the most unique college hockey arenas in the nation included the University of Maine’s Alfond Ice Arena as having the best atmosphere. The article says “Games at Maine’s Alfond Arena feel like the hockey version of Friday Night Lights. The crowd is a mix of diehard locals […]
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Bruce A. Stanton, a 1974 UMaine graduate who is the Andrew C. Vail Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center of the Environmental Health Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School, will present a Wednesday Feb. 23 lecture at his alma mater. Stanton’s presentation, “Arsenic, a Global Public Health Crisis: How Safe is our Water and Food?,” […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art will present a gallery talk with artist Jonathan Lux on Thursday Feb. 24 from 5:30-7 p.m. Lux will talk about his current exhibition, “Fear & Play: Paintings by Jonathan Lux,” which runs through March 26 at the downtown Bangor Musuem. A coffee and dessert reception will follow his […]
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Contact: Kristy Ouellette, 207-353-5550 Ext. 12 or 1-800-287-1458 in Maine LISBON FALLS — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H has announced partnership with New Mexico State Learning Labs in offering the new mobile-application math mini-game “Lobster Diver.” Originally created for students in grades 6-8, but fun for youth of all ages, the game is […]
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Mainebiz has a report about a patent awarded to UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The center has invented a method to strengthen glulam wood beams, something researchers have been studying for five years. The center’s method involves the application of a strip of fiberglass, which increases by 38 percent the strength of beams […]
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