Every year, the University Bookstore—the University of Maine’s official bookstore—commissions the design of a UMaine ornament. Each edition is carefully crafted of the finest materials and depicts a university landmark or symbol. However, the real beauty of the ornament, modeled this year after Stevens Hall, is how it benefits others. Through its annual commemorative ornament […]
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PORTLAND, Maine— The Maine Tree Club is inviting citizens and visitors interested in learning more about one of the state’s greatest resources to join the club, an educational project designed for people of all ages to learn about trees, offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Forest Service.
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Wednesday’s unseasonably warm temperature prompted a report in the Lewiston Sun Journal that included an interview with Sean Birkel, a post-doctoral research associate at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. Birkel said one spell of above- or below-normal weather is not necessarily a symptom of climate change, but historical temperatures show Maine is warming, especially the winters. […]
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UMaine’s deepwater offshore wind power research was mentioned in a Working Waterfront story about the issue. The story noted UMaine’s Offshore Wind Energy Laboratory, which is based at the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus, is collaborating with industry partners on on new tools for offshore wind turbine construction and siting. Elizabeth Viselli, […]
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University of Maine Research Professor Laurie Connell will lead a team of researchers investigating methods that would provide early warning detection of toxic Alexandrium blooms, also known as red tides, in the Gulf of Maine.
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, was featured in a Channel 5 (WABI) interview with Joy Hollowell on the often underappreciated role of male caregivers who spend time will ill family members. Comments from Kaye included in a UMaine news advisory about how holiday celebrations can negatively affect elders and […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried information from a UMaine news release about a group of students from the university’s School of Nursing raising funds for a public health mission over spring break with underprivileged families in Belize. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Bangor television station WLBZ has a report on Wednesday afternoon’s Occupy UMaine protest, which was held outside Fogler Library. Students plan to protest every Wednesday, spurred on by the national Occupy movement. Several students, who said they are members of the Maine Peace Action Committee, were interviewed for the story. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine’s physical oceanography research was in a Bangor Daily News follow-up story to the news of continued funding for the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, known as NERACOOS. The UMaine Physical Oceanography Group, headed up by UMaine Professor Neal Pettigrew, will receive some of the $1.7 million grant from the federal National […]
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A new engineering partnership between UMaine and Southern Maine Community College was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about new uses for the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The partnership will be based at the Brunswick facility and will offer seamless educational opportunities, starting with an associate degree and leading to both a baccalaureate […]
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