The book “Somalis in Maine: Crossing Cultural Currents,” which was edited by four UMaine faculty members, was reviewed in the January 2012 issue of Down East magazine. The review said the book is an intriguing collection with stories that offer readers a wonderful introduction to a new generation of Americans whose lives and experiences too […]
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The monthly newspaper Working Waterfront included on its website a mention of research conducted by UMaine’s Mary Jane Perry into spring phytoplankton blooms. The blooms are an indication of carbon sequestration in the deep sea, a key process that researchers around the world are incorporating into global climate models. The article was co-written by Catherine […]
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Michael Roque, a lecturer in UMaine’s sociology department, was interviewed about 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds, who has been missing from Waterville for more than a week. Roque told the Central Maine Morning Sentinel that Ayla Reynolds’ young age, and the relative safety of Waterville, have driven national media attention toward the case. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A Lewiston Sun Journal article about the prevalence of fungi and insects that are damaging Maine’s beech trees included research from Bill Livingston of UMaine’s School of Forest Resources. Livingston found warmer winter temperatures from 1999 to 2002 allowed populations of an invasive, bark-feeding scale insect to explode, resulting in beech trunks turning white with […]
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UMaine’s Habib Dagher, the director of the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was included in a Bangor Daily News follow-up story to its 11 People to Watch in 2011, which the newspaper released Jan 1, 2011. Dagher, the follow-up said, has seen his plan for an offshore wind farm move closer to reality with […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a report on the hand scanners, installed last semester, in several UMaine dining facilities. The scanners were installed to keep costs down and eliminate the sharing of MaineCards, a practice that can cost UMaine up to $4,100 per card, the price of a meal plan for an academic year, according […]
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Karen Horton, a University of Maine associate professor of mechanical engineering technology, joined a group from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at a recent event at the White House that recognized local leaders in the effort to recruit and retain girls and women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
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Comments from Elizabeth Allan, a UMaine education professor and nationally recognized expert in the issue of hazing, were included in an Inside Higher Ed report online. Allan, who with fellow UMaine faculty member Mary Madden co-authored a landmark 2008 hazing study, was interviewed about recent hazing incidents among marching band members at Florida A&M. Allan […]
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A UMaine news release about a new Center on Aging study that found aging Mainers’ legal needs continue to rise at a time when low-cost or free legal aid is scarce was carried by the website Insurance News. Study authors Len Kaye, the Center on Aging director and a UMaine social work professor, and Jennifer […]
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Bob Bayer, the director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, was quoted in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report about the growing market in Asia for lobster, and a business that plans to ship a million pounds of live Maine lobster per year to Asian markets. Bayer said although Maine lobsters taste differently than lobsters most […]
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