Montell Owens of the Jacksonville Jaguars has been selected to represent the AFC in the Pro Bowl, scheduled for Jan. 30 in Honolulu. A special teams star, Owens was a UMaine running back who made his NFL debut with the Jaguars in 2006.
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Contact: Anne Lichtenwalner, (207) 581-2789 ORONO — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented new egg-handling safety regulations this year for corporate producers after Salmonella enteritis (SE) outbreaks in the Midwest and the recall of millions of chicken eggs as a result. SE-contaminated eggs, however, remain a threat for any size of farm, including backyard […]
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Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story about “Fifth Avenue,” a suspense novel by Chris Smith, the electronic communications manager in UMaine’s Dept. of University Relations. Smith, who has a UMaine bachelor’s degree and master’s degree, started the book more than 20 years ago when he was a UMaine student. He decided to revise and complete […]
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Barry Eager, a 32-year UMaine staff member who worked most recently as a Memorial Union custodian, died on Sunday at the age of 49. A long-time Orono resident, Eager had suffered from esophageal cancer. “Barry was a great friend to all of us in the UMaine community,” says Robert Dana, UMaine’s vice president for student affairs […]
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A Tuesday Bangor Daily News story describes the challenges the UMaine Black Bear hockey team is facing as it travels to Florida for a tournament scheduled to begin Wednesday. The team’s Monday flight from Bangor was cancelled, so they traveled by bus to New Hampshire where they expect to get a charter flight from Manchester to […]
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A Maine Sunday Telegram story examined issues related to bird migration and plans to develop deepwater offshore wind power technology in the Gulf of Maine. UMaine professor Rebecca Holberton, who is leading the research related to this aspect of the project, is quoted in the story.
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Alan Majka, a registered dietician and UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty member, was quoted extensively in a Maine Today Media story about techniques for the safe handling of leftovers.
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UMaine College of Business, Public Policy and Health Dean Ivan Manev is featured in a Thursday Bangor Daily News story about UMaine’s business school and its role as an important collaborator in university-based technology commercialization efforts. In the story, Manev also noted the business school’s rise in U.S. News and World Report and other rankings, […]
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Research by UMaine psychology professor Alan Rosenwasser is referenced in an Oprah Magazine Web story about natural sleep and wakefulness patterns, and the impact of changes on physical and emotional health.
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Thursday’s Bangor Daily News includes a report on a Tuesday arrest by UMaine police. Alexander Nimon, a 25-year-old non-student was arrested in Memorial Union after allegedly assaulting two of the officers who were attempting to question him as part of their investigation into a series of laptop computer thefts on campus. Police ask UMaine personnel […]
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