University of Maine professor of mechanical engineering Mick Peterson was interviewed for a Forbes magazine article about horse racing track construction and safety in advance of the Nov. 1–2 Breeders’ Cup races at Santa Anita Park in California. Peterson works with colleagues Christie Mahaffey, who earned a Ph.D. in engineering at UMaine, and C. Wayne […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed University of Maine physics professor C.T. Hess about testing homes and basements for radon rising from the ground into living spaces. Hess, whose students conduct radon tests in university physics labs, said about 60,000 homes in Maine have been tested for radon, which is not nearly enough, in his view. Contact: […]
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In a report about improving enrollment at the University of Maine, which is on the agenda for next week’s University of Maine System Board of Trustees meeting, Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed UMaine student David Holomakoff, a Connecticut resident who applied to UMaine to pursue a degree in biological engineering, which he could not find […]
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In a Portland Press Herald article, Jason Bolton, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and statewide food safety specialist, offered food safety advice for when power outages decommission refrigerators and freezers. Bolton said milk products, in particular, can develop dangerous bacteria and pathogens. He referred to an age-old adage — when in doubt, throw it […]
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Joe Kelley, a marine geologist in UMaine’s School of Earth and Climate Sciences, was interviewed for a Portland Daily Sun report about how Hurricane Sandy might impact Maine’s coastal areas. Kelley said the bizarre and unusual storm will be bad on the coast because a full moon means substantially bigger tides. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]
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The Bangor Daily News used a photo of UMaine students raising a Gay Pride flag during Pride Week last February to illustrate an editorial that called for Maine to legalize gay marriage. The students were photographed in front of Fogler Library. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer commented on Maine’s importance in the presidential election in a Reuters wire service report that ran on the Chicago Tribune website. Brewer said it is possible but not likely that Republican candidate Mitt Romney could win half the state. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed UMaine President Paul Ferguson after Monday’s Community Conversation 2.0 at Wells Conference Center, an employee breakfast and an discussion of the Blue Sky Project, a strategic plan for guiding UMaine into the future. President Ferguson outlined some of the steps the university is undertaking to implement the project. Contact: George Manlove, […]
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The English-language Deccan Herald in Bangalore, India, has published a New York Times blog that included comments from University of Maine marine scientist Mark Wells about a California businessman who undertook his own ecological experiment, dumping 100 tons of iron dust into the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to create a plankton bloom to biologically […]
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University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried was interviewed for a Central Maine Morning Sentinel story about the growth of the libertarian party in Maine. Fried said historically the party has drawn from a pool of Republicans who “agree on economic issues but have pulled away from the party because of social and foreign involvement […]
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