Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Maine Office of Innovation director Catherine Renault will visit the University of Maine on Thursday Oct. 28 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Renault will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members. The […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced Thursday’s candlelight vigil at UMaine, which will focus on victims of bullying, including those who have committed suicide because of bullying. The rally starts at 6 p.m. on the university mall in front of Fogler Library. Rebecca Hickman, a UMaine graduate student who is studying mental health with a concentration […]
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A Portland Press Herald opinion piece about the cost of welfare in Maine, written by Envision Maine President Alan Caron, cites research by UMaine economist Philip Trostel. Caron, who argues welfare spending is higher than stated in previous stories published in the Press Herald, included statistics that came from a report by Trostel.
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Five Maine women who have been named recipients of the Maryann Hartman Award, including UMaine first-year student Danielle Runyambo, will be honored Wednesday night in an awards ceremony at the Buchanan Alumni House, according to the Bangor Daily News. The awards are named for the late Maryann Hartman, who was a teacher and scholar in […]
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A post by UMaine political science professor Mark Brewer appears on thehill.com’s Congress blog. In the post, Brewer comments on the “entertainment factor” associated with this year’s elections. He also predicts that Republicans will gain majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives but will come up short of taking the U.S. Senate.
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A WLBZ/WCSH news report described UMaine’s planned collaboration with Orono High School to provide housing and early college experiences for international students. Starting next fall, UMaine will set aside a certain number of residence hall rooms for those students enrolled at the high school The television report included an interview with UMaine Vice President for […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer commented in a Maine Public Radio news report about independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler’s assertions that his major party opponents are distorting his record through negative campaign tactics.
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Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a preview of a series of UMaine presentations on issues related to Canada, including religion, politics and alternative energy. The talks, which begin Nov. 1, are sponsored by UMaine’s Canadian-American Center.
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Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a report about Monday’s UMaine presentation by U.S. Navy Capt. Tim Gallaudet. Deputy director of the Navy’s Task Force Climate Change, Gallaudet gave a presentation on the national security implications of climate change. His presentation was part of a two-day UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs program on global […]
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Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940 On Saturday, Oct. 23, the UMaine Computer Science Department sent two teams to a preliminary competition at Western New England College in Springfield, Mass. The first team, with members Sean Edwards, Avner Maiberg and Emma Strubell, finished second in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Programming Competition and qualified to compete […]
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