Multiple news outlets, from the Bangor Daily News to the website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), reported on a $201,187 federal grant awarded by NOAA to scientists at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences for a three-year project to investigate methods for early detection of toxic Alexandrium blooms, or red […]
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University of Maine police are asking for the public’s help as they investigate a recent rash of sign vandalism on campus. Five building signs have been kicked and damaged since Wednesday, Oct. 26. Those signs are the blue markers for Cutler Health Center, Cumberland Hall, Aubert Hall, Oak Hall and Libby Hall. Police have recovered […]
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Karen Hutchins, a University of Maine Ph.D. candidate in Communication and Journalism and a graduate research assistant for Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative, was recognized by the National Science Foundation for her research poster on partnerships between universities and municipalities. That recognition came at NSF’s National EPSCoR Conference in October.
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A message from President Ferguson, announcing the composition of UMaine’s Strategic Planning Leadership Team It is with great pleasure that I announce the composition of the Leadership Team that will be working with me and Linda Silka to bring together ideas for UMaine’s Strategic Plan for excellence for the next five years. The membership brings […]
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UMaine computing engineering students recently placed first and second in the Northeastern United States in an international programming competition, and in the top 100 of 1,500 teams from around the world.
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Anthony Halog, assistant UMaine professor in Industrial Ecology, LCA and Systems Sustainability, has been awarded a month-long Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) “bridge” research fellowship to establish research networks with Japanese researchers.
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Richard Kersbergen, UMaine Cooperative Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems, will take part in a multi-state project to help organic dairy farmers better produce and market their milk, according to the website EurekAlert. The 4-year, $2.9 million U.S. Department of Agriculture project, which is being led by the University of New Hampshire, also […]
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Bangor TV station WVII covered Wednesday’s Day of the Dead celebration held at UMaine’s Hudson Museum. Local schoolchildren learned about the holiday, an aspect of indigenous Mexican culture, which honors the deceased. Contact: Jessica Bloch 207-581-3777
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The Weekly section of the Bangor Daily News carried a feature story about retired UMaine math professor Phil Locke, who has received a WLBZ “2 Those Who Care” John W. Coombs award for his community service work. Locke spends his time now as an English language teacher for Literacy Volunteers of Bangor, helping with Orono […]
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Dean Jeffrey Hecker has announced the recipients of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowships for 2011-12. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research and creative activity.
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