John Peckenham from UMaine’s Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research and Joe Kelley from the Dept. of Earth Sciences provided comment for a Wednesday WABI story previewing the potential impact of Hurricane Earl on Maine’s coast and inland waterways.
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Contacts: Susan McKay (207) 581-1019 or susan.mckay@umit.maine.edu Owen Maurais, executive director, Penobscot River Educational Partnership, (207)581-3651 or owen.maurais@umit.maine.edu ORONO– Almost 50 Maine middle and high schools will have a chance to redesign their physical science curricula thanks to a $12.3 million grant awarded to the University of Maine. The National Science Foundation grant, which is […]
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ORONO – Between 5 and 15 members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at the University of Maine are camping out this week in tents on the UMaine Mall as a fundraising project to benefit the Youth AIDS Foundation. “We got here Monday and we’ll be here until Friday,” says the fraternity’s vice president of […]
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Comments from UMaine hazing researcher Mary Madden are included in a St. Petersburg Times story about the investigation into an alleged hazing incident involving the University of South Florida’s Omega Psi Phi fraternity chapter. Madden and her College of Education and Human Development colleague Elizabeth Allan are leading experts in issues related to hazing activities […]
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Comments from Hugh Stevens of the UMaine School of Economics’ Knowledge Transfer Alliance are included in a Wednesday Bangor Daily News story about the purchase of Monson-based Moosehead Manufacturing Company by a Portland woman. Louise Jonaitis purchased the property at an auction and says she plans to start manufacturing furniture again within a few months. […]
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WLBZ broadcast a Tuesday report about egg testing procedures conducted at UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Animal Health Lab, under the direction of veterinarian Anne Lichtenwalner. The lab features capabilities to conduct several levels of testing as mandated by state and federal regulations.
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An extensive online report in the Chautauquan Daily, the official newspaper of the Chautauqua Institution, describes a Tuesday presentation by Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Dagher, speaking as part of the institution’s “Powering the Future” lecture series, described the potential for deep offshore wind power and talked about the […]
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Contact Stephanie Palmer (stephanie.palmer@umit.maine.edu) ORONO — The University of Maine’s Delta Zeta sorority Dirigo Alumni Chapter will hold its second annual Hike For Hearing on Saturday, Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. The purpose of this hike is to raise money and awareness for speech and hearing related illnesses. All proceeds from the hike will go […]
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ORONO — The UMaine Black Bear Mentoring Program is recruiting volunteer college mentors to assist area children this academic year. The Black Bear Mentoring program enriches the lives of area children from disadvantaged households whose circumstances may harm their self-images and lead to lower aspirations and reduced opportunities. The program is part of the Bodwell […]
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