Coverage by the Bangor Daily News and WLBZ (Channel 2) on a Bangor City Council workshop to address the noise complaints made during Waterfront Concerts included a reference to a study completed earlier this year by Todd Gabe, University of Maine economics professor. Gabe’s study found the Waterfront Concerts have generated more than $30 million in […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s pest management specialist James Dill and horticulturist Kate Garland spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for the latest installment of its “Backyard Gardener” series. Garland and Dill gave tips on management of beetles.
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The Advertiser Democrat reported on the recent announcement that Susan Hunter, who currently serves as the University of Maine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, was chosen by the University of Maine System to be the vice chancellor for academic affairs for all seven universities.
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Four of the founding members of the Ocean Energy Institute contributed an op-ed to the Bangor Daily News focused on the innovation and job-creating potential of UMaine’s offshore wind research. In 2007, Ocean Energy Institute initiated the drive to determine the technical and economic practicality of offshore wind for Maine.
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The Associate Press reported on the upcoming annual Science Workshop on Sustainable Growth of the Atlantic Lobster this week in New Brunswick, sponsored by the University of Maine Lobster Institute and the Atlantic Lobster Sustainability Foundation in Canada. The AP story was picked up by WABI (Channel 5) and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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A “From Where I Sit” column by UMaine professors Howard Segal and Deborah Rogers is featured in the July 11 edition of “Times Higher Ed” (London). Their opinion piece, “The best answer is still RTFM,” cites the relevance and importance of Henry Rosovsky’s “The University: An Owner’s Manual,” published in 1990. Rosovsky was a dean […]
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Advanced Structures and Composites Center research to retrofit aging concrete flat-slab bridges was the focus of a July 19 story in the Bangor Daily News. Civil Engineering graduate student Hannah Loring and professor William Davids lead the research.
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James Dill, pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to WLBZ (Channel 2) about fruit flies and the damage they cause crops. Dill said the flies are attracted to all ripening berries and the only thing he can recommend to combat them are sprays such as synthetic pesticides.
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Mohsen Shahinpoor, Richard C. Hill professor and Mechanical Engineering Department Chairman at the University of Maine, was mentioned in an article announcing a preview issue of Soft Robotics (SoRo), a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and engineering of soft materials in mobile machines. Shahinpoor contributed the article “A review of ionic polymeric soft […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Gianna Marrs, director of financial aid for the University of Maine, for an article about the U.S. Senate voting to lower federal student loan rates to match the U.S. Treasury 10-year borrowing rate. Marrs said she thinks the change is good for students in the short term, but […]
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