“The Global Politics of Food and Water” will be the theme of the 2014 Camden Conference and accompanying course offered by the University of Maine’s Division of Lifelong Learning. The 27th annual Camden Conference will take place Feb. 21–23 in Camden and will also be part of a three-credit UMaine course with classes on Saturday, […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the Maine Green Crab Summit held at the University of Maine. Scientists, state officials and fishermen met to discuss the invasive European green crab and the effects it has on the state’s coastal and marine resources, including shellfish harvesting. Attendees and presenters talked about […]
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Jack Cosgrove, head coach of the University of Maine football team, finished third in voting for the Eddie Robinson Award, and freshman linebacker Christophe Mulumba placed sixth in voting for the Jerry Rice FCS Rookie of the Year recognition, The Sports Network announced. The Portland Press Herald, WLBZ (Channel 2), Bangor Daily News and WABI […]
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WVII (Channel 7) covered a concert at the University of Maine that was held in remembrance of the victims of last year’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. About 70 students, adults and professional musicians from around the state performed during the concert. UMaine student Olivia Bean said it was a great opportunity […]
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Wicked Local’s Westborough News from Westborough, Mass., reported on a book written by Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, and Westborough native Edward H. Thompson Jr., a professor emeritus of sociology and former director of the women and gender studies program […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the Maine National Guard honored Lt. Col. Diane Dunn for her work in organizing a statewide emergency and disaster simulation held in November. The “Vigilant Guard” exercises took place at several locations around the state including the University of Maine and was called the “largest emergency response exercise ever conducted […]
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Michael Merchant, a 2007 University of Maine graduate from Hampden, will appear on Spike TV’s new reality show “10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty.” Merchant, who holds a bachelor’s degree in biology, will compete against eight other teams of Bigfoot and big game hunters to try to capture Bigfoot or provide definitive visual and DNA proof […]
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The Associated Press previewed the Dec. 16 Maine Green Crab Summit at the University of Maine. Maine officials, researches and fisherman are expected to discuss the invasive European green crab and the effects it has on the state’s coastal and marine resources. Maine Sea Grant, Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), Maine Coastal Program and […]
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Frank Drummond, an entomologist with specialties in blueberry pollination and integrated pest management at the University of Maine, and Lois Berg Stack, an ornamental horticulture specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, were interviewed for the latest column in the Portland Press Herald’s Maine Gardener series. Drummond and Stack spoke about neonicotinoid pesticides and their […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 2013 Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus. The 19th annual event featured baskets, carvings and beadwork, as well as demonstrations, storytelling, music, drumming and dancing. John Bear Mitchell, a Wabanaki studies lecturer and associate director of […]
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