The University of Maine was mentioned in a Sun Journal article about the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum officially changing its name to the Maine Forestry Museum. For the past several years, the museum has broadened its geographic range across the state and country with the main purpose of educating and entertaining people about Maine’s […]
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Barbara Murphy, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and gardening expert, spoke with the Sun Journal about UMaine Extension’s Master Gardener Volunteer training program and the need for participants in Oxford County. Every year the Paris-based program attracts between 25 and 30 applicants to take a 15-week course in farming basics, according to the […]
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CounterPunch published an opinion piece by Doug Allen, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine, titled “Nelson Mandela: His meaning for us today.” The article includes a section about UMaine and Mandela where Allen writes about an effort that began in the 1970s to convince the University of Maine System to sell all of […]
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The Ellsworth American reported Paul Hansen, a Bucksport real estate agent, and several volunteers have secured the town’s permission to start a wood bank at the municipal transfer station. The wood bank would work similar to a food pantry by providing firewood to those who can’t afford or chop it themselves, according to the article. […]
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VillageSoup reported the Maine Steiners, the University of Maine’s premiere all-male a cappella group, will perform Jan. 6 at the Camden-Rockport Middle School in Camden. The Steiners also will hold workshops throughout the day with interested students, according to the article.
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Terence Hughes, a professor emeritus of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, spoke with the Capital Journal of South Dakota for the article, “Glacier scientist: Global warming is good, not bad.” Hughes said it doesn’t matter whether human activity is driving climate change because global warming is […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine release announcing Nory Jones as the 2014 Steve Gould Award recipient. Jones is a professor of management information systems in the Maine Business School and is the founder and faculty adviser of the community outreach organization MBS Corps. Jones joined UMaine in 2001 and established MBS Corps […]
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The Associated Press, North American Windpower, 4-traders, Composites World, Wind Energy Industry Today, reNews and Mainebiz reported the University of Maine has tested its largest wind turbine blade to date. UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center completed static strength testing of a 56-meter (184-foot) wind turbine blade for Spain-based Gamesa, a global technological leader in […]
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Robert Milardo, a professor of family relations at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Have a New Year’s goal? Focusing resolutions on family can help.” According to the article, family and relationship experts say spending more time with family may increase the likelihood of keeping resolutions all […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Warren Riess, a research associate professor of history, anthropology and marine sciences at the University of Maine, about his new book, “The Ship That Held Up Wall Street.” When an 18th-century ship was unearthed during a 1982 pre-construction dig in Lower Manhattan, Riess was called in to find […]
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