Offshore Wind reported the University of Maine hosted the inaugural Matthew R. Simmons Memorial Summit: A Technology Roadmap for Floating Offshore Wind on Oct. 1 and 2. The summit gathered information from various perspectives of platform designers, researchers, permitting agencies and developers with the goal of producing a roadmap that advances the floating offshore wind, […]
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Morning Ag Clips and the Associated Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension advises farmers to take inventory of livestock feed and forage resources before winter. Variable weather conditions this past year have created shortages in parts of the state. UMaine Extension maintains an online hay directory with listings of hay and silage for […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with University of Maine College of Engineering Dean Dana Humphrey about Open University Day, which is slated from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. In celebration of the university’s 150th anniversary, the day will feature tours, presentations, performances and more at nearly 30 venues on campus, including labs, research […]
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University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter was featured on the cover of MAINE Alumni Magazine’s fall 2015 issue. Read the full story below or download a PDF. UMaine leadership Dr. Susan J. Hunter reflects on the role of the flagship university today, her presidency, and the importance of public higher education to change lives. […]
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Joseph Kelley, a professor of marine geology in the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, was quoted in an Associated Press article about how Louisiana’s next governor will play a crucial role in the state’s coastal crisis. The governor is expected to either aggressively work to save the […]
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Robert Rice, a wood science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the future of the Old Town mill that is scheduled to close again by the end of the year. In the last 35 years, the mill has changed owners six times, including three times in […]
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The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Somerset County will offer a six-session home landscape design course beginning 10 a.m.—noon, Saturday, Oct. 24 at the UMaine Extension office, 7 County Drive, Skowhegan. The five remaining classes are scheduled for 6–8 p.m. Nov. 3 and 17, Jan. 12 and 26, and Feb. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Rabbi Richard Address will deliver presentations in Greater Bangor, including at the University of Maine, for family caregivers, along with health care providers, spiritual leaders and others who interact regularly with older adults. Address is a proponent of “sacred aging,” his philosophy that people of any faith background — or […]
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The Bangor Daily News quoted a speech by Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, in the article, “Aging expert: Boomers will demand new housing options.” Kaye, who spoke at the Maine Affordable Housing Conference in Bangor, said the generation born between 1946 and 1964 is entering retirement age, and housing […]
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The Maine Edge spoke with Maine humorist Tim Sample ahead of his two appearances as part of the University of Maine’s 150th anniversary celebration Saturday, Oct. 17, during Homecoming Weekend. At 7 p.m., Sample, will read passages from Stephen King’s new short story “Drunken Fireworks.” Sample, who narrated the recently released audiobook, also will talk […]
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