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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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried is quoted in a Friday Bangor Daily News report about the impact of early voting on this week’s Maine gubernatorial election. She also commented in a Maine Public Radio story about the impact of polls on that same election.
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The UMaine School of Performing Arts will present the University Singers, conducted by music professor Dennis Cox, and campus choral ensembles Renaissance and the Maine Steiners in concert Saturday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 7 from 2-4 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. The program offers a variety of […]
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UMaine political science professor Mark Brewer provided commentary for post election reports including a Capitol News Service report published in the Bangor Daily News and Maine Today Media story about the gubernatorial election. Brewer also spoke with another Maine Today Media reporter and journalists from the Portsmouth Herald and CBC Radio in New Brunswick.
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Kenneth Palmer, UMaine professor emeritus of political science, is quoted in a Maine Today Media story analyzing Tuesday’s Maine gubernatorial election. That report is published in the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal and Central Maine Morning Sentinel.
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