Earth, Life, and Health Sciences

2010 Nursing School Graduates to Visit Class of 2011 Candidates

Contact: Nancy Fishwick, 581-2607 Members of the UMaine School of Nursing’s Family Nurse Practitioner Class of 2011 will hear from several of last year’s graduates on Thursday, March 31 about transitioning from registered nurse family nurse practitioner, and the credentialing requirements ahead. Two of the eight graduate students who received degrees and national certification last […]

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News Reports About Bird Migration Workshop

WLBZ and WVII reported Thursday’s meeting of the Northeast Regional Migration Monitoring Network at UMaine. UMaine ornithologist Rebecca Holberton, one of the coordinators of the network, was interviewed about the need for monitoring the patterns of migrating birds in the Gulf of Maine.

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Ecologist Interviewed About Vernal Pools

Maine Public Radio interviewed Aram Calhoun, a UMaine professor of wetland ecology, about a proposal before the Maine legislature to loosen restrictions on development near vernal pools. Calhoun told the interviewer a reduction of buffers could wipe out pool-breeding amphibians in Maine. She added that since 2006 no permits have been denied because of a […]

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Economist’s Snowmobile Survey In Press Herald Story

The Portland Press Herald has a story mentioning the work of University of Maine economist Stephen Reiling. A professor in UMaine’s School of Economics, Reiling is working with the Maine Snowmobile Association on a survey that will go to snowmobile clubs around the state to determine the future direction of club, municipal and capital equipment […]

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Hall of Fame Inducts Musgrave

UMaine Professor Emeritus Katherine Musgrave was inducted into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame during a Saturday ceremony in Augusta.  The Bangor Daily News covered the event, which also included the induction of Sen. Susan Collins. Musgrave, who continues to teach nutrition courses, has been a UMaine faculty member for more than 40 years.  UMaine […]

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Television News Features UMaine Sugaring Operation

Bangor television stations Channel 5 (WABI), Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 7 (WVII) interviewed Cooperative Extension educator and maple syrup expert Kathy Hopkins and Francis Avery, who operates the University of Maine’s Thomas J. Corcoran Sugar House Thursday for a feature on the maple syrup season, now well under way with cold nights and warm […]

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Economist Research Included In New Business Column

Research done by James McConnon, UMaine Cooperative Extension specialist and economics professor, was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News column about women and work. The column, which is the first of a new series called Women@Work, states McConnon’s research has found 30 percent of microbusinesses in Maine are owned by women.

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Zoologist Wins Educator Prize

Contact: Mary Tyler, (207) 581-2559 or Mary.Tyler@umit.maine.edu University of Maine zoology Professor Mary S. Tyler has won the 2011 Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize from the Society of Developmental Biology. Tyler’s research in developmental biology includes the area of genetic controls and tissue interactions during embryonic development, which she examines using experimental and histological techniques. […]

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Forestry Alums Named To State Posts

UMaine alumnus Douglas Denico was recently named to the position of Maine State Forester, according to the Bangor Daily News. The article noted Denico received his bachelor’s in forestry and master’s in forest economics from UMaine’s School of Forestry. MPBN Radio had a story about Kenneth Fletcher, an alum with a bachelor’s in forest management, […]

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