The Boston Globe spoke with Steve Evans, an English professor at the University of Maine, for an article about a current exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) that focuses on the influence of Black Mountain College. “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957,” is a comprehensive survey of the North Carolina liberal […]
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Rick Wahle, a University of Maine research professor at the Darling Marine Center, was interviewed by Ozy for the article, “How Maine has managed an amazing lobster comeback.” The article states that three years after lobster prices in Maine collapsed during a glut, they are now at the highest in half a decade, and harvests […]
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Jeffrey Hecker, the University of Maine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Maine trade delegation sets sights on China’s vast middle class.” China’s middle class — and its increasing ranks of wealthy investors — are drawing interest from Maine businesses and government officials, several […]
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VillageSoup of Knox County reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor has opened three new exhibitions. “Natural History” by Traer Scott, “Celebrating Photography in Maine,” selections from the Bruce Brown Collection, and light sculptures by Paul Myoda will be on display at the museum until Dec. 31.
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Taking stock of a fruitful summer in the garden,” the latest column in the Maine Gardener series. After having no problems with Japanese beetles in this summer’s garden, the author reached out to […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a current art exhibit by Susan Smith, who teaches in the Master of Fine Art program in intermedia at the University of Maine and is the coordinator of the Lord Hall Gallery on campus. Smith’s show, “The Botany of Sacrifice,” is on display at the Waterfall Arts in Belfast […]
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A new Lumina Foundation report by the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center professor Philip Trostel on the value of higher education was mentioned in a Huffington Post blog article titled, “Want to be happier and healthier? Then go to college.” In the 73-page report “It’s Not Just the Money: The Benefits of […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported on a new lab in University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development that enables students to teach in front of a virtual classroom of avatars in preparation of their student teaching in Maine schools. The new lab in Shibles Hall uses the program TeachLivE, a mixed-reality teaching […]
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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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