A book talk and singing for “Somalis in Maine: Crossing Cultural Currents,” which documents the work of UMaine’s Somali Narrative Project, was advanced in the Lewiston Sun Journal. The book talk will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Lewiston Public Library. Mazie Hough, the associate director of UMaine’s Women in […]
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The Hudson Museum at the University of Maine is offering a special showing of the 2010 documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” by acclaimed independent filmmaker Werner Herzog about the discovery of the ancient Chauvet Cave in southern France. The cave contains what are believed to be the oldest human cave drawings ever found. The film […]
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network has produced “Sustainable Maine,” two half-hour television programs focusing on sustainability science in Maine. Several UMaine experts will appear in the programs which, as noted in an MPBN news release, detail “a new way of combining biophysical sciences with social science and economics to study Maine’s changing landscape, and how to […]
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A report that appeared Portland television station WCSH about the boost cruise ships provide to local businesses noted research done by UMaine economists Todd Gabe and Jim McConnon. The 2008 study found that each cruise ship passenger spends between $80 and $110 in port. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Two UMaine researchers will attend the 2011 Northeast Private Well Symposium later this year, according to a Bangor Daily News story. John Peckenham, director of the Maine Water Resources Research Institute at the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center, and Laura Wilson, assistant scientist at UMaine’s Cooperative Extension, will present research on water […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this season. CCA Executive Director John Patches told the newspaper the center’s recent renovation put it closer to the goal of becoming a destination, while UMaine Foundation officer Danny Williams said the CCA puts world-class […]
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Two faculty members and a student from UMaine’s Intermedia MFA Program will be exhibiting and performing at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art next month. Intermedia faculty members Deborah Wing-Sproul and Nate Aldrich and graduate student Gabriella D’Italia will all present works in October and December. For more information visit the Center for Maine Contemporary […]
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A cornfield maze at Goughan’s Berry Farm near Caribou draws attention to the value of higher education and challenges visitors to navigate a maze depicting the UMaine Black Bear logo. UMaine graduate Kelly O’Mara filed a report last week on Presque Isle’s WAGM television.
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Prof. Karl Kreutz of the UMaine Climate Change Institute was quoted in a Nature story about the fate of a large collection or Arctic ice cores held by the Canadian government. Scientists who work with the collection differ on the extent to which it’s future is threatened by budget cuts, but Kreutz says he believes […]
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Comments from Lauri Sidelko, director of Alcohol and Drug Education Programs at UMaine, was interviewed for a Friday WABI story about bath salts, highly dangerous drugs that have been reported as a serious problem in the Bangor area. Sidelko and other college and university experts point out that they are aware of potential issues and […]
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