Prominent Portland attorney Jeffrey A. Thaler has been appointed University of Maine Visiting Professor of Energy Law, Policy and Ethics for a two-year period beginning Aug. 29, 2011 “Jeff Thaler is an acknowledged expert in this field, and he will be instrumental to our efforts as we further develop renewable energy academic programming, research and […]
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The Weekly newspaper noted the participation of UMaine social work graduate student Kara Janes in a program in which she will spend 10 days at a continuing care center living the life of an elderly resident. Janes, 44, said the program is a unique opportunity to be immersed in an environment. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The University of Maine School of Nursing has received a $17,381 Advanced Nursing Education Traineeship Grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration. The grant will help offset tuition and expenses for nursing graduate students in 2011-2012 who agree to practice in underserved or rural areas in Maine.
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UMaine Department of Earth Sciences research professor Ed Grew presented a talk at the International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences in Edinburgh, U.K. today. The symposium is part of a campaign to promote and raise awareness of polar research, according to the British Antarctic Survey, one of the world’s leading environmental research centers. Grew, who […]
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The Physical Oceanography Group of UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences has new survey equipment for its real-time data buoy array in the Gulf of Maine, according to the website Hydro International. The Iver2 surveyor will be used in Casco and Penobscot bays to focus on transport through channels between islands and peninsulas. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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A UMaine graduate was quoted in a Kennebec Journal story about the trail and hut system built by the nonprofit agency Maine Huts and Trails. Chris Nilon, the hutmaster at a hut in Flagstaff Lake, said he graduated from UMaine with a degree in parks and recreation and tourism. He had been working at national […]
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In a report about a free lunch program for youngsters, the Lewiston Sun Journal noted the participation of Eliza Cormier, a UMaine nutrition student who is volunteering with the grant-funded program, which provides a free breakfast or lunch to children up to 18 years old. The program is being held at the Rumford Elementary School. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics Jim McConnon discussed the $35 million economic impact some 270,000 visiting cruise line passengers will have on Maine this summer in a Channel 5 (WABI) interview Wednesday. He also discussed a new webinar created by McConnon and UMaine School of Economics professor Todd Gabe with […]
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A WLBZ (Channel 2) television story referred to an economic impact study to be done at UMaine in partnership with the Maine State Golf Association. The MSGA director told the TV station that the study will look at the economic impact of golf in Maine. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Comments from UMaine entomologist Andrei Alyokhin about nonnative species and biodiversity were posted on the website Nature, and also included in a story on the same topic posted on the website of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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