Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine Professor of Chemistry Jayendran C. Rasaiah has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Rasaiah, who also is a cooperating professor of physics at UMaine, specializes in physical, theoretical and computational chemistry and chemical physics. He was cited by APS for […]
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Contact: Contacts: Matthew Rodrigue, 774-487-8396; Richard Grant, 581-1971; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — As winter descended on the Canadian Maritimes last month, the timing for two University of Maine students and a recent graduate couldn’t have been better to introduce at an international business plan competition a marketable proposal to improve the efficiency of home […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777; Laurie Connell 581-2470 Facial numbness, tingling in the arms and legs, nausea, dizziness — and those are the milder symptoms. Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, or PSP, is a very real danger in the state of Maine. Resulting from the consumption of shellfish tainted with toxins found in the algae that cause […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to work with Electrical and Computer Engineering professor John Vetelino knows that “Vet” is a man on a mission. Exceptionally focused and decidedly direct, Vetelino discovers a need, establishes a goal, takes aim, and fires — and it’s a rare target that escapes […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777; Bob Wagner 581-2903 ORONO – When commercial landowners began selling off massive tracks of the state’s northern forests in the late 1990’s, many Mainers wondered what the change in ownership would mean to access, land management, and conservation. Over three million acres, representing roughly one-third of Maine’s commercial forest lands, […]
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Contact: Mary Camire (207) 581-1627; David Munson (207) 581-3777 With type 2 diabetes on the rise in Maine, UMaine Food Science and Human Nutrition researcher Mary Camire and graduate student Amy Henderson are studying the ways in which common foods may reduce the risk of developing the disease. Utilizing a $61,700 grant from the Gustavus […]
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Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Steve Adam 581-2262 Five members of the Sargent family, spanning four generations, were honored at the University of Maine’s Francis Crowe Society Induction Ceremony on December 16 for their successes in engineering and their family’s ever-growing list of accomplishments in the construction trades. UMaine College of Engineering alumni Herbert Sargent, James […]
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Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Peter Sexton 764-3361 UMaine Cooperative Extension Crops Specialist Peter Sexton’s expertise has played a key role in examining biodiesel as an alternative form of energy in Northern Maine. Working through a cooperative arrangement with the Presque Isle consulting firm Regent Associates, he contributed to a feasibility study for the Houlton Band […]
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Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Jayendran Rasaiah 581-1179 UMaine professor Jayendran C. Rasaiah was recently recognized for his many contributions to eletrolyte theory and thermodynamics research when he was elected by his peers into Fellowship of the American Physical Society (APS). No more than one-half of one percent of APS members are elected to Fellowship, which […]
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Contact: Contacts: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The UMaine School of Performing Arts’ Music Division has created a new jazz studies minor, to be introduced in the fall of 2006. Karel Lidral, associate professor of music and director of jazz studies at UMaine, says the new program will substantially round out music […]
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