Jonathan Farley of the UMaine computer science faculty is featured in a WHEC television online vignette, “Celebrating Black History Month.” The video notes Farley’s academic achievements and his work consulting with television and film producers on issues related to the use of mathematics in dramatic productions. WHEC is Rochester, New York’s NBC affiliate.
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Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition at UMaine, was interviewed for a March 4 article in The Scientist magazine about efforts to preserve and protect Peruvian potato seeds at the Svalbard seed bank in Arctic Norway. In a discussion about the evolution and development of more than 4,000 potato varieties now […]
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Prof. Amy Fried of the UMaine political science faculty is a contributor to Politico’s online issues discussion forum, “the Arena.” One of the “strategists, scholars and authors” invited by Politico to weigh in on timely issues, Fried has commented in the past few days on the Wisconsin public employee situation and on the GOP presidential […]
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The annual UMaine Graduate Student and Faculty Recognition Ceremony is scheduled for Friday May 6, from 4-6 p.m. at Alfond Arena. A reception will follow in the field house, with light refreshments. For more information, contact Dottie Poisson or 581-3217.
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Nature Magazine included comments from UMaine archaeologist Daniel Sandweiss in an article detailing the remains of ancient hunts on islands off the coast of California more than 10,000 years ago. Some researchers believe these finds are an indication the first Americans may have migrated south along the coast rather than through inland Canada, but an […]
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A Thursday Bangor Daily News story reports on a Wednesday UMaine announcement of a $10,000 AT&T grant to support a UMaine-based program. Regional Vice President Owen Smith announced the grant to help fund Maine NEW Leadership, a six-day summer leadership, networking, politics and public service program for Maine college women. The story includes comments from […]
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Comments from Amos Orcutt, president and CEO of the University of Maine Foundation, are included in a New York Times story about the battle between Maine and Pennsylvania over the origins of the whoopie pie. Orcutt is one of the leading proponents of a legislative measure to declare the whoopie pie Maine’s official dessert.
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Contact: Phillip Silver at (207) 581-1783 (phillip.silver@maine.edu) Like many Jewish composers of his time, Leone Sinigaglia’s voice was silenced by the Nazis in World War II. This month, a CD of his chamber music is being released worldwide as the result of research by University of Maine professor Phillip Silver. “Chamber Music of Leone Sinigaglia” […]
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UMaine graduate Brent Littlefield, a Republican strategist and commentator, drew a historical reference to his alma mater during a recent interview on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Show. That interview was conducted at the Hoover Dam, which Littlefield noted was built under the engineering guidance of 1905 UMaine graduate Francis Crowe. Littlefield’s reference to Crowe comes two […]
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The research of UMaine economist Phillip Trostel was mentioned Wednesday during a meeting of Envision Maine in front of about 200 people at a breakfast hosted by the Portland Regional Chamber, according to a Portland Press Herald story. Alan Caron, the president of Envision Maine, discussed ways the state could cut spending levels to be […]
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