Contact: Mary Ellen Camire, (207) 581-1627 ORONO — Epicurean indulgence during holiday festivities — too many sugary foods or too much alcohol — can lead to excess fat gain, all of which can contribute to weakening the human immune system. Some simple serving suggestions can help counteract potentially negative consequences of the eat, drink and […]
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Dana disputes online ranking In a Tuesday WABI news report, UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana discussed an online ranking suggesting that UMaine has serious issues with drug abuse. Dana described the survey methodology as “bogus” and “irresponsible,” pointing out that UMaine has well-received, effective substance abuse education and […]
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Jake Ward, UMaine assistant vice president for research and economic development, was interviewed for a Tuesday WCSH/WLBZ story about a Belfast conference on deepwater offshore wind energy. Ward described UMaine’s progress in developing technologies to tap that resource to create clean energy. UMaine’s Hutchinson Center hosted the forum.
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine’s search for a new athletic director. The search is expected to start in January. The athletic department is currently under the direction of interim AD Steve Abbott, an Orono native who was a Republican gubernatorial candidate last year.
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Brenda Harvey, a UMaine graduate who is currently commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, is leaving that post to become executive director of the New England States Consortium Systems Organization, according to the Portland Press Herald. NESCSO is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School whose mission […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported about the sons of late UMaine men’s ice hockey coach Shawn Walsh. Following his transfer from Michigan State, Tyler Walsh is now a student at UMaine and Black Bear hockey team manager. His brother, Travis Walsh, is playing in the United States Hockey league and will attend MSU in 2012. […]
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Contact: Sue Erich, (207) 581-2997 The University of Maine Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, along with the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Analytical Laboratory and Soil Testing Service, will host Dr. Will Brinton, the founder and president of Woods End Laboratory in Mt. Vernon, for a seminar starting at 10 a.m. on […]
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Contact: Diane Khiel (dkhiel@adelphia.net) ORONO — The Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine will present the 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. The event is scheduled for 8:30-10:30 a.m., with doors opening at 8 a.m. The UMaine student singing group Renaissance is […]
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The VillageSoup Web site features a UMaine news release about a recent donation to the UMaine equine program by the Maine Farriers Association.
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WVII television interviewed UMaine police chief Roland LaCroix for a story describing UMaine’s emergency notification procedures (umaine.edu/emergency). The story was developed following last week’s news reports indicating that a U.S. Dept. of Education report says that Virginia Tech did not provide the required timely notifications during the April 2007 shooting on that campus.
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