The Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine has announced the recipients of the latest two-year research funding awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant Office. More than $600,000 will support nine research projects in the Northeast.
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Effective April 4, the University of Maine has suspended the Sigma Nu fraternity for five years for continued violations of the UMaine student conduct code.
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Comments from Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, were included in an article on lifestyles and longevity in the April 2012 issue of USA Today Magazine. Kaye says a sense of optimism and well-being can lead to positive long-term health effects. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine marine sciences professor emeritus James McCleave, a leading research authority on eels, was interviewed Wednesday for a Channel 7 (WVII) news report about elvers, the tiny eels harvested in Maine coastal waters, largely for sale to Asian markets where prices have exceeded $2,000 per pound recently. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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In a Bangor Daily News story about a sculpture that is slated to be moved from its current location in downtown Bangor to a location on the Bangor waterfront, University of Maine Museum of Art Director George Kinghorn was noted as being at a meeting during which the move was discussed. Kinghorn, who is the […]
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Several media outlets covered Wednesday’s announcement that UMaine has suspended the Sigma Nu fraternity for five years after an investigation found the fraternity had violated the university student conduct code. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana, who said there are high expectations for UMaine students […]
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More than a dozen experts from universities, government and business from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border will be at the University of Maine April 23-24 for a conference on increasing the region’s bilateral trade, including an update on an east-west highway proposal in Maine. The two-day conference, “Cross-Border Economic Integration in the Northeast: Current […]
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University of Maine School of Economics professor Todd Gabe was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News editorial discussing the types of jobs that need to be created to stabilize the Maine economy with well-paying employment. Gabe has researched the “creative economy” and “knowledge economy,” and finds that regions without young, technologically savvy, artistically inclined and […]
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Georgetown University history professor and historian of American politics Michael Kazin will speak Tuesday, April 10 at the University of Maine about his latest book, “American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation.” Presented by the University of Maine Department of History and the Michiah Center, a nonprofit center for the humanities and social justice […]
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Mark Brewer, a UMaine political scientist, was interviewed by the Reuters news service for a report on what seems now to be the start of the general election race. Brewer said April to November in American politics is a long time. The story also appeared on the website of the Telegraph newspapers of the United […]
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