A Central Maine Morning Sentinel story details an effort by UMaine engineering students that will hep the town of Farmington build a new recreational bridge across the Sandy River. The students, members of the Engineers Without Borders group, will perform an engineering design study aimed at helping figure out affordable ways to build the 330-foot […]
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The October issue of Bangor Metro magazine includes an extensive feature story about Maine-based efforts to develop deepwater offshore wind technology. The story features several comments from Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, the driving force behind those efforts.
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Contact: Paula Burnett, (207) 262-7926 ORONO — The University of Maine Center on Aging recently received two grants from the United Way of Eastern Maine to continue two popular programs, the Center’s RSVP organization of community volunteers over the age of 55, and the RSVP Bone Builders exercise education program. The Center on Aging RSVP […]
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Contact: Laurie Hicks, 581-3247 ORONO — A new exhibit by selected members of the University of Maine’s Art Department faculty opens Oct. 8 at the Lord Hall Galleries, with an opening reception planned Friday, Oct. 15 from 5:30-7 p.m. Titled “FACULTY / SELECTED / 2010,” the exhibit features new work by Constant Albertson, Susan Camp, […]
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Contact: Owen Smith, 581-4389 ORONO — Intermedia MFA Director Owen Smith and third-year MFA intermedia graduate student Bethany Engstrom are participating in the exhibition and gallery talk PANOPTIC, being held in conjunction with the Camden International Film Festival this weekend. The Camden International Film Festival, in partnership with Asymmetrick Arts, Binaural Nodar and the Maine […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s new police chief is a law enforcement veteran who worked in Florida for more than 30 years before relocating to Maine in 2008. Roland LaCroix of Bangor moved to Maine to take a captain’s job in the UMaine police department. He became interim […]
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Contact: Rob Gee, 603-370-0982, Robert.gee@umit.maine.edu ORONO — The 12th annual UM/UNB Conference being held this year at the University of Maine will assemble history graduate students from United States and Canada for three days of discussions about teaching, the academic job market, pedagogy and scholarly presentations. The annual event, hosted in alternate years by graduate […]
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Todd Gabe of the UMaine School of Economics faculty is quoted in a CNNMoney story about U.S. cities with the highest percentages of residents with a college degree. Gabe provided comments about the link between educational attainment and earning potential.
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Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty are included in a Newsweek report about Maine’s moderate Republican U.S. Senators and challenges they might face from a conservative GOP electorate.
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Contact: Brittany Myles (Brittany.Myles@umit.maine.edu) ORONO – The University of Maine chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) has been awarded Bronze Star status for its members’ community service work on campus and in communities surrounding the university. The Washington, D.C.-based NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is […]
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