The Portland Press Herald interviewed David Townsend, an oceanography professor in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, for an article about two major oil companies exploring potential drilling sites in water off Nova Scotia that could generate opportunities for Maine businesses, but also threaten the state’s fisheries. Townsend spoke about currents in the […]
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University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ students Christian Giddings, Megan Rounds and Sydney Walker spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about the school’s spring break production of the child-friendly folktale “Baba Yaga and the Black Sunflower.” The students are performing the play on campus March 22, as well as at several schools around the state. […]
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Jesse Moriarity, coordinator of the University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article about a 16-year-old from Cape Elizabeth, Maine who is creating digital games for the Apple store. Moriarity said technology companies such as Apple are increasingly targeting a younger demographic in hopes of creating customers […]
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The Maine Music Teachers Association and the University of Maine School of Performing Arts announce the second biennial Monster Piano Festival on Saturday, March 8, at Minsky Recital Hall on the Orono campus. What is a monster piano? It’s 113 students in grades 4 through 12 and several adults simultaneously playing 11 pianos. That’s 226 […]
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Emmanuel Boss, professor of oceanography, received a $23,445 U.S. Department of the Interior (USGS) grant for the proposal, “Suspended sediments in the San Francisco Bay: Algorithm development and validation.” The objective is to map the nearshore magnitude and distribution of suspended sediments in the Suisun/Grizzly Bay region of the San Francisco Bay — as close […]
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UMaine economist details maple syrup industry’s impact on economy.
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James Warhola, a political science professor and chair of the the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article “Russian actions of significant interest to U.S.” Warhola, an expert on Russian, Turkish and Eurasian politics, said Russia and the U.S. have collaborated against terrorist threats, especially […]
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Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was quoted in a Bloomberg Businessweek article about the offshore wind pilot project proposed by Maine Aqua Ventus, a consortium that includes UMaine and partner companies. In the article, “Floating wind farms venture farther out to sea,” Dagher said Maine Aqua Ventus […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot published the article “Saying bon voyage to the Hutchinson Center’s Nancy Boyington, a real friend” about Boyington’s retirement after 25 years within the University of Maine System. Boyington spent 14 of those years at UMaine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast where she was assistant director of the center. Boyington said working at […]
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University of Maine graduate student Noah Oppenheim was interviewed for a Hawaii News Now story about marine scientists and students attending the 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu who participated in dives to clean up debris littering a coral reef. Oppenheim, who is pursuing dual degrees in marine biology and marine policy at the Darling […]
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