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Endangered turtles release covered by media

The Boston Globe, WCVB News (Boston), the Satellite News Service and NECN covered the release of 12 endangered sea turtles the were rehabilitated and then set free on August 18, 2010 by UNE's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center. The 12 Kemp's ridley turtles were released at a beach in Osterville, Mass., on Cape Cod, along with six turtles released by the New England Aquarium. 

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, physician assistant program, and pharmacy school, in addition to a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.