Seacoast Online reported on recent archaeological findings on land protected by Seabrook Station nuclear power plant in New Hampshire by Brian Robinson, a professor of anthropology and quaternary and climate studies at the University of Maine. The 4,000-year-old artifacts, which range from fish bones to archaeological remnants of Native American huts, tell researchers about the […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Kristy Townsend, a neurobiology professor at the University of Maine, about the “Body Worlds” exhibit that’s set to open in the new Portland Science Center. The exhibit offers visitors the chance to see the interconnectedness of the human body through cadavers that have been treated with plastination, a […]
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Robert Seymour, the Curtis Hutchins Professor of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Maine can’t cut more trees from its public forests on a whim.” As lawmakers left Augusta last month, they left a debate unsettled about how much wood to cut from Maine’s public forests, […]
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WABI (Channel 5), Maine Public Broadcasting Network and WVII (Channel 7) reported on a telemedicine conference and discussion held at the University of Maine. Health care provided through a video conference helps connect Maine’s rural areas to better health care resources, WABI reported. Sen. Angus King, who participated in the conference and an accompanying sensor […]
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Entomology Today published a University of Maine news release on Edith Marion Patch, UMaine’s first female entomologist, and a newly published biography by Cassie Gibbs, UMaine’s second female entomologist. The biography, “Without Benefits from Insects: The Story of Edith M. Patch of the University of Maine,” is a publication of the Maine Agricultural and Forest […]
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The Chronicle of Higher Education spoke with Jeff Thaler, assistant university counsel and a visiting professor of energy policy, law and ethics at the University of Maine, for the article “Why a global education doesn’t have to mean going abroad.” According to the article, some educators believe that given the diversity of the United States, […]
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Liam Riordan, director of the University of Maine Humanities Center, was an Aug. 13 guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio program. The show, titled “The importance of humanities,” focused on how and why the humanities matter in not only the academic world, but the world at large. William “Bro” Adams, chairman […]
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The Lincoln County News reported on the Darling Marine Center’s 50th anniversary celebration. Events included free walking tours of the campus in July and August, a seminar series called Science on Tap hosted by faculty and staff at the Newcastle Publick House, and an open house at the center with family-friendly activities. “The Darling Marine […]
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Tim Godaire, a graduate student at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, is featured in a Bangor Daily News article about Climate Ride Northeast, a 320-mile journey from Bar Harbor to Boston, scheduled for Sept. 17–21. The inaugural ride, according to the article, is expected to raise $400,000 to support organizations involved with environmental […]
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The Washington Post cited a 2004 study by University of Maine communication and journalism professor Paul Grosswiler in the article, “The big cultural debate simmering beneath Google’s new Alphabet name.” Google’s new parent company name, Alphabet, was “designed to evoke the ingenuity of the human spirit,” according to the article, even though more than 1.3 […]
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