Jonathan Rubin, a faculty member in the UMaine School of Economics and member of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to work at the Center of Study in Renewable and Sustainable Energy at Sub-Saharan Africa’s University of Botswana, Gaborone, during the 2011-2012 academic year.
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A UMaine-produced video about the health benefits of blueberries was featured Tuesday on the Bangor Daily News Health and Fitness) website. UMaine food scientists Mary Ellen Camire and Al Bushway appear on the video, as do research scientist Kristen McGovern and Cooperative Extension specialist Dave Yarborough. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine faculty member Michael Kinnison of the School of Biology and Ecology and the School of Marine Sciences, who researches evolutionary biology, was quoted extensively in the cover story, “Evolution in the Fast Lane,” of the April 2 edition of New Science magazine (http://www.newscientist.com/issue/2806). In the article on the rapid evolution of some species, Kinnison […]
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Susan Brawley of the UMaine School of Marine Sciences and botany faculty received the Northeast Algal Society’s Frank Shipley Collins at the organization’s 50th annual meeting over the past weekend. The award honors exceptional and meritorious contributions to phycology and the Society. Collins was an authority on North American algae in the 19th/20th century. The […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 A genealogy column in the Bangor Daily News noted activities planned for Wednesday at UMaine’s Page Farm and Home Museum. The 10th History Fun Day, an event in which children in grades kindergarten through six can learn about Maine’s agricultural heritage, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Contact Joe Carr 207-581-3571 WVII television interviewed Prof. Keith Hutchison of the UMaine biochemistry faculty on Tuesday for a story localizing a national report about the genetics of coffee consumption. A team of researchers representing the National Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health and other institutions has published a report identifying two genes related […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — A presentation by University of Maine Professor Paul Mayewski, an internationally acclaimed climate scientist who has led research expeditions to some of the world’s most remote locations, will highlight a Tuesday April 19 event at the Portland Museum of Art. Mayewski’s multimedia presentation will detail the […]
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Contact: Denise Skonberg, (207) 581-1639 A team of University of Maine food science and human nutrition students won first place at the regional Institute of Food Technologists (ITF) College Bowl Competition at Rutgers University and now are preparing for national competition in New Orleans this summer.
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Contact: Peter Fandel, (207) 581-1835 or Jim Settele, (207) 581-3153 ORONO — The University of Maine School of International Affairs has invited the chief of staff for the U.S. Navy’s Energy and Environmental Readiness Division to present and discuss steps the Navy is taking to utilize more efficient alternative energy sources for newly designed equipment.
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Contact: Nancy Hall, (207) 581-2404 University of Maine undergraduate students will present more than 50 research projects all day on Wednesday, April 13 at the Wells Conference Center for the second annual Undergraduate Research & Academic Showcase. The research represents disciplines from across campus.
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