Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The Kennebec Journal has a story about a firm currently working with UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center which was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Maine Technology Institute. WindFloat Maine, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Principle Power Inc., received the grant to help fund the development of the company’s WindFloat, […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The progress of renovations to UMaine’s Alfond Arena and the ongoing fundraising efforts for renovations to Memorial Gym were the subject of a Bangor Daily News story. Alfond Arena renovations are set to begin after UMaine’s May 7 commencement activities. Athletic Director Steve Abbott told the BDN fundraising for the Memorial […]
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Contact: Judith Josiah-Martin, (207) 581-1437 ORONO — “Beyond Blame, Shame & Guilt – Thinking rather than feeling about privileged systems” is the title of public and student forums at the University of Maine on Tuesday, April 19, featuring internationally known activists Peggy McIntosh and Victor Lewis. The public forum, free and open to the public, […]
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Contact Joe Carr 207-581-3571 WVII television interviewed Prof. Keith Hutchison of the UMaine biochemistry faculty on Tuesday for a story localizing a national report about the genetics of coffee consumption. A team of researchers representing the National Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health and other institutions has published a report identifying two genes related […]
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Contact Joe Carr 207-581-3571 UMaine Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs Eric Rolfson was interviewed for a Thursday Maine Public Radio story about UMaine’s success in private fundraising. The university announced this week that the $150 million overall goal of Campaign Maine, a six-year private fundraising effort, has been reached.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — A presentation by University of Maine Professor Paul Mayewski, an internationally acclaimed climate scientist who has led research expeditions to some of the world’s most remote locations, will highlight a Tuesday April 19 event at the Portland Museum of Art. Mayewski’s multimedia presentation will detail the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the identification and punishment of vandals who have twice this week damaged a flag pole on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. Part of Pride Week, an […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The Bangor Daily News has a report about international students from three area high schools who toured the UMaine campus on Thursday. The students, who were from Asia, Africa and Europe and are attending John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Lee Academy and Orono High School, visited chemistry labs in […]
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Contact: Kristen Andresen, 581-3742 The Huffington Post has on its HuffPost Green website a feature story about the lobster shell golf balls developed by UMaine engineer David Neivandt and his undergraduate student Alex Caddell. The posting said UMaine is the most fitting institute in the world to create the golf balls, which are made of […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 Several media outlets covered the disappearance from the campus of a flag in honor of Pride Week, a celebration of the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community. The flag was raised Monday, but on Tuesday it was noticed the flag was gone. UMaine Senior Associate Dean of Students Kenda Scheele told WABI […]
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