Former UMaine Ph.D. student Jeffrey Marsh’s discovery of the mineral menzerite-Y is detailed in a Monday Bangor Daily News story. Marsh, who now teaches at Colby College, found the mineral in Iceland while he was a UMaine student in 2009. The story also includes comments from UMaine Prof. Edward Grew.
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UMaine School of Economics professors Jonathan Rubin and Steve Reiling were interviewed for a Thursday WLBZ/WCSH news story about the impact of winter weather on Maine’s economy. Rubin notes that Maine spends about $100 million on snow removal, while Reiling points out that snowmobiling has an economic impact that rivals downhill skiing.
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Contact: Elizabeth Viselli, Associate Program Manager Advanced Structures and Composites Center DeepCwind Consortium 207-221-5639 elizabeth.viselli@umit.maine.edu 207-581-2831 Contact: Sue Jones, Conference Coordinator sue@communityenergypartners.com ORONO — The University of Maine will present an exciting addition to the Maine Wind Working Group’s Maine Wind Energy Conference, scheduled for next week in Augusta. The wind energy track, scheduled for […]
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A memorial service and celebration of the life, work and friendships of the admired John H. Dearborn, Distinguished Maine Professor and Professor Emeritus of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine who died Nov. 24 at the age of 77, will be held Friday, January 21 at 3 p.m. at the Buchanan Alumni House. Professor […]
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A UMaine graduate student’s discovery of the oldest domesticated dog ever found in the Americas was mentioned on the website Physorg.com. Samuel Belknap, a student in the department of anthropology and Climate Change Institute, found a fragment of bone from the skull of a dog. The bone was directed dated at 9,400 years old.
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The Lewiston Sun Journal noted a talk being given by George Jacobson, UMaine professor emeritus of biology, ecology and climate change, on “Influences of Climate Variability on Maine’s Forests — Past and Future” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 3, at the Farmington Town Office. Jacobson was the director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute for nearly […]
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Contact: Samuel Belknap, Samuel.Belknap@umit.maine.edu A University of Maine graduate student has discovered evidence of the oldest identifiable domestic dog in the Americas. Samuel Belknap III, a graduate research assistant working under the direction of Kristin Sobolik in UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, found a 9,400-year-old skull fragment of a domestic dog during […]
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Comments from Prof. Bob Bayer of UMaine’s Lobster Institute were included in a Monday Portland Press Herald story about discussions relative to certifying the Maine lobster fishery as being sustainable. A London-based organization provides certifications of this nature, and the possibility has generated controversy among those involved in the Maine lobster industry.
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The Bangor Daily News has an op-ed piece written by UMaine Professor Emeritus Richard Jagels about the Penobscot River restoration and removal of dams. Jagels, an emeritus professor of forest biology, writes of the benefit of local groups working together to open up nearly 1,000 miles of river habitat to improve migration and reproductive potential […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, professor in the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition and fellow in the Institute of Food Technologists, was interviewed recently for an article about hangovers posted this week on the MSN Health & Fitness website. For those who do suffer from hangovers, Camire extols the virtue of orange juice and bananas […]
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