California’s Sacramento Bee newspaper carried a news release about the new “10Green” interactive web tool designed by the University of Maine Climate Change Institute to provide 10 air quality measures of pollutants such as carbon monoxide, large and small particulates, ozone, sulfur dioxide and heavy metals. Institute Director Paul Mayewski said in an interview that […]
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Friedrich Löhr, consul general of the Federal Republic of Germany in Boston, will speak at the University of Maine on Tuesday, April 17 about Germany and the European monetary crisis and, in a second talk, the tenacity of North Korean leadership. At 2 p.m. in the Bodwell Lounge in the Collins Center for the Arts, […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Symphonic Band will kick off University of Maine President Paul Ferguson’s inauguration, and a week of related events, with a free performance at 7 p.m. tonight at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, with special guests the Westbrook High School wind ensemble. A reception sponsored by the Southern Maine […]
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UMaine physics professor Raymond Dean Astumian was interviewed for an article in the April 2 issue of Chemical & Engineering News about misunderstandings about the fundamental physics behind design, operation and characterization of molecular machines. This topic is part of the subject of an article, “Can artificial molecular machines deliver on their promise?” that Astumian co-authored […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer commented in a Seacoast Online report about the purchase of a 75-percent ownership stake in Maine Today Media by financier Donald Sussman, who is married to Congresswoman Chellie Pingree. Brewer said the purchase raises red flags and can’t help but affect Pingree’s future campaigns for office. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]
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University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried was interviewed for a U.S. News & World Report article evaluating the candidacy of former Maine Governor Angus King who is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Olympia Snowe. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has approved promotion and/or tenure for 29 University of Maine faculty members. The professors, who represent the broad spectrum of UMaine academic programs, were nominated by University of Maine President Paul Ferguson after an extensive process reviewing their work in teaching, research and community service.
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio interviewed UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer about Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s recent struggles to get through his legislative agenda. Brewer said LePage’s style seems to not permit him to compromise, and added that GOP lawmakers in Maine are hoping to avoid being seen as rubber stamps for the governor’s agenda. […]
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UMaine art historian Justin Wolff’s book “Thomas Hart Benton: A Life,” about the Missouri artist Benton, was reviewed in the Kansas City Star, with an accompanying interview with Wolff. The review called the book an “energetic and revelatory biography.” Wolff was also interviewed about the book by Kansas City National Public Radio station KCUR, which […]
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The Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine has announced the recipients of the latest two-year research funding awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant Office. More than $600,000 will support nine research projects in the Northeast.
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