A Sunday incident at UMaine’s Cumberland Hall is covered in the Bangor Daily News, WABI and WLBZ/WCSH. Residence staff discovered graffiti suggesting the presence of a bomb in the building, leading to a police decision to clear the building for two hours while a bomb-sniffing dog checked to be sure it was safe for occupancy.
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Comments from Marilynne Mann, interim director of the Center for Tourism Outreach at UMaine, were included in a Bangor Daily News story about the potential economic impact of the upcoming International Biathlon Union World Cup. That event is scheduled for February in Presque Isle and Fort Kent.
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A Saturday Bangor Daily News story featured UMaine history professor Howard Segal’s perspectives on the 25th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
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Contact: Ashish Deshpande, (207) 581-2180; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO – Medical science and engineering technology have taken great strides toward the development of prosthetic hands since the implementation of steel hooks, and a University of Maine researcher in the College of Engineering is pushing the envelope revolutionizing hand prosthetics with novel robotics technology. Mechanical […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Hunter College Professor Virginia Valian will give a Friday Feb. 11 University of Maine talk, “Why so slow? The advancement of women.” Scheduled for 2-3:30 in Minsky Recital Hall, Valian’s presentation will mark the first public event presented by the University of Maine’s Rising Tide Center, an […]
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Contact: Charlie Slavin, (207) 581-3262 or slavin@honors.umaine.edu; Keith Hutchison, (207) 581-2827 or keithh@maine.edu The University of Maine has been selected to take part this year in the Science Education Alliance, a national program of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that seeks to develop resources for undergraduate science educators to present innovative courses and programs. First-year […]
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A study co-authored by UMaine social work Professor Sandra Butler was mentioned in a Thursday Bangor Daily News story about the welfare debate in Maine. The study, which Butler wrote with Thomas Chalmers McLaughlin of the University of New England, concluded that recent discussions of welfare reform make unfair generalizations about families who receive assistance.
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A National Public Radio program about foreign policy and the need to compete innovatively in the world noted the North Star Alliance, a partnership involving UMaine, small companies, state government and community colleges, which leverages local research to spur development of a wide range of industries such as marine and waterfront construction and ballistic armor. […]
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ORONO — The UMaine campus community visit for Paul Ferguson, a candidate for the president’s job, has been rescheduled to February 16-17. Storm-related travel complications caused postponement of his visit originally scheduled for this week. An updated itinerary for Ferguson’s visit is on the UMaine presidential search webpage. Earlier this week James Page visited with […]
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Contact: Lisa Carter, (207) 581-1794 UMaine alum David Anderson, former Maine Bound student and instructor who has carved a name for himself in the mountain climbing and outdoor photography world over the last 30 years, will be back on campus Friday, Feb. 4 to narrate a slide show, “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger,” […]
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