An opinion column by UMaine Dean of Students Robert Dana about Maine’s growing drug abuse problems appeared in the Feb. 4 edition of the Bangor Daily News. Dana calls for a multi-pronged, community-wide approach to addressing the factors that drive demand for drugs and an acknowledgement that the problem exists.
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John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of Business Policy and Strategy and professor of management in the Maine Business School, was interviewed for two recent articles published by America.gov — “Corporate Reputation Matters” and “Companies Bank on Trust.” Mahon, an authority on corporate responsibility, credibility and reputation, says businesses too often neglect to continuously […]
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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Ice Core Project, an Oregon State-based effort in which UMaine is taking part, was the subject of a story in the Corvallis Gazette-Times of Oregon. Researchers have drilled an ice core with ice that may be up to 100,000 years old in search of new clues about climate change.
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Information from a UMaine study about the costs associated with winter snow removal was included in a Bangor Daily News story about how communities are dealing with snow removal this year. The study, which was done by Jonathan Rubin, professor of resource economics with UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and School of Economics, found […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Channel 5 (WABI) reported on the visit Feb. 3 to the University of Maine by Donald Farish, president of Rowan University and one of four candidates to replace UMaine President Robert Kennedy, who is stepping down in June. Farish spent two days on campus in meetings, interviews and touring the […]
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An article on the Feb. 1 edition of the Bangor Daily News about SnapSpace Solutions Inc., a business opening in Brewer to create novel homes out of shipping containers, cited collaboration by the company owner and the University of Maine’s Knowledge Transfer Alliance and the UMaine Advanced Manufacturing Center. The newspaper carried a story Feb. […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) on Feb. 3 aired a story about UMaine accounting students offering free tax-return assistance on Fridays at the Orono Public Library.
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Contact: Deborah Kelley, (207) 990-7604; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — After nearly 10 years in research, development and testing, engineers and scientists in the University of Maine’s interdisciplinary Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology (LASST) have created state-of-the-art wireless high-temperature sensors able to withstand temperatures of up to at least 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit — […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — John A. McLean, a chemistry professor from Vanderbilt University, will visit the University of Maine for a Thursday Feb. 10 Dept. of Chemistry Colloquium. McLean will give a talk, “Advanced structural mass spectometry for systems biology — pulling needles from haystacks.” The presentation is scheduled for 11 […]
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Contact: Christopher Gendron, (860) 803-1117 ORONO — A University of Maine graduate research assistant is looking for several dozen volunteers to participate in a study on how cranberry juice may affect appetite and blood chemistry. Volunteers will receive $300 in compensation at the completion of the study. Qualifying participants for the study will be asked […]
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