Contacts: Alice Kelley, (207) 866-3422, (207) 745-6785 or akelley@maine.edu; Paul Myer, (207) 581-3756; Keiko Myer, (207) 581-2697 ORONO — Several University of Maine faculty and staff members are available Friday for media interviews about the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan and resulting tsunami, the possible financial impacts of the natural disaster on one of the world’s […]
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News release from the office of U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) yesterday met with a group of students from across Maine with the Honors College at the University of Maine, in Orono. The students spoke to Senator Snowe about the academics and opportunities provided at her alma […]
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Contact: Betsy Arntzen, 581-4225; Gretchen Faulkner, (207) 581- 1904 ORONO — The University of Maine is presenting lectures by three renowned climate change experts March 29, March 31 and April 26 to offer pole-to-pole perspectives on the changing environment, the economy, foreign policy, global health, human rights and sustainability. Nobel Peace Prize nominee and climate […]
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For more information, contact Amy Kaye, (207) 581-2063 ORONO — When supporting a friend who has been victimized by a bully, young adolescents respond with a range of advice and actions. Girls most often suggest telling an adult or confronting the bully to try to understand the conflict, while boys are more apt to minimize […]
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Several news outlets, including Bloomberg Business Week, carried an Associated Press story that noted remarks made Wednesday by Deputy U.S. Interior Secretary David Hayes to the U.S. Senate’s Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Wednesday that Maine is place to test new technology being developed for offshore, deepwater wind power, and that the federal government is committed to […]
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Maine Public Radio broadcast a report about research in bio-based plastics, including research being done at UMaine, where scientists are planning to produce a plastic resin called PLA, which stands for poly lactic acid, using wood chips and potato waste. The radio report also included statistics from a 2007 report by UMaine economist Jonathan Rubin, […]
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WABI Television provided coverage of Wednesday’s camp fair at UMaine’s Student Recreation and Fitness Center. The Division of Student Affairs and Foster Center for Student Innovation partnered with the United Way of Eastern Maine to stage the event, which provided opportunities for area youngsters and their parents to learn about summer camp activities.
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Sharon Barker, director of the Women’s Resource Center at UMaine, was interviewed Wednesday by Bangor television station WLBZ during the 25th annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference, which was held at UMaine. Barker said numbers of females in many scientific fields are flat or dropping. The event, which is designed to help girls gain a broader […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a report about Wednesday’s alternative energy conference held at Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle. Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was one of the speakers. Dagher spoke about UMaine’s research efforts in deepwater offshore wind power.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 UMaine’s Rising Tide Center, funded by a National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant, is offering grant opportunities to foster the professional development of women in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines, along with social and behavioral science (SBS) disciplines. For example, grants may fund: • visiting scholars • […]
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