Portland-based WGME has a report on UMaine research into the extraction of a starter molecule of antiflu drug Tamiflu. Chemistry professors Ray Fort and Barbara Cole were interviewed for the report. Canada-based Digital Journal also ran a story about the findings.
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Jonathan Farley of the UMaine computer science faculty co-authored an opinion column published by The State, a South Carolina newspaper. In that column and a similar essay that The Guardian newspaper in Great Britain asked him to write, Farley criticizes the Democratic party establishment for its failure to support the South Carolina Senate candidacy of […]
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Contact: Craig Harris, 581-4220 The 2010 Canada Week Distinguished Lecture on Monday, November 15 will be presented by David Massell, professor of Canadian history at the University of Vermont. Massell has done extensive research on the politics and policy of hydroelectricity in Quebec, which is largely driven by escalating US demand for energy. The title […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art has created the Photo National 2011 exhibition to run June 23 – September 17, 2011. This highly competitive exhibition will feature a survey of contemporary photography from throughout the United States. The exhibition will be juried by George Kinghorn, director and curator of the University of Maine Museum […]
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WABI television broadcast a Monday report about a UMaine chemistry research effort. A team led by professors Ray Fort and Barbara Cole, both of whom were interviewed in the story, are developing better ways to extract a specific acid from pine needles. That acid is a primary ingredient in Tamiflu, a medicine commonly used to […]
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Artist Reza Safavi (http://www.hi-reza.com/) will give a talk on Tuesday Nov. 9 at 7 p.m., in Room 100 Lord Hall. He will talk about his current interactive art projects and collaborations. Using a variety of media to create interactive displays, Safavi explores the ways in which technology influences human perceptions, social behavior and other aspects […]
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Contact: Robert Meulenberg, (207) 581-2245 or Robert.meulenberg@umit.maine.edu The University of Maine will by next summer have in place a state-of-the-art magnetometer with which it will be possible for faculty members in several science disciplines to perform high-resolution magnetic and electrical experiments. The superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer, known as a SQUID magnetometer, will reach temperatures […]
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A Bangor Daily News story about a planned $40 million boiler-turbine project at the Verso Paper Co. mill in Bucksport included comments about the company’s work with UMaine researchers to develop new projects in order to remain profitable in the paper market. Verso spokesman Bill Cohen said UMaine is doing research in Orono and tests […]
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Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was quoted in an Associated Press story published in Sunday’s Laconia Citizen the York Weekly and other papers. The story looked at the impact of early voting on the Maine governor’s race. He also commented in a Maine Today Media report on Maine polling in the days […]
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Sunday’s Boston Globe included an Associated Press story featuring comments from UMaine chemistry professor Ray Fort. The story described research by Fort and his colleagues, who are testing a new process for extracting shikimic acid, an important ingredient in Tamiflu, from pine needles. At 6 p.m. Sunday, it was the most emailed story on the […]
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