The writer of an article on the New York-based BroadwayWorld.com website interviewed University of Maine Intermedia Master of Fine Arts student Kate Dawson for a feature on a novel art exhibit, Art Outta the Box, opening Aug. 10 in downtown Bangor. The exhibit is being created by a dozen artists from the Penobscot Theatre Company, […]
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The Concord (N.H.) Monitor newspaper published the obituary for University of Maine psychology major Shirley Ladd, 22, of Barnstead, N.H., who died as a result of a fall on a mountainous hiking trail in Acadia National Park July 28. Ladd, who was minoring in business, worked at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center as a […]
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension entomologist and pollination expert Frank Drummond for a report about his participation in a five-year collaborative study in Maine, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut to help Northeastern fruit growers improve pollination methods, overcome obstacles, and, in Maine, promote the use of wild, native bees by […]
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An article in the Bangor Daily News on Gov. Paul LePage’s proclivity for making brash statements about his perception of the quality of education in Maine included comments from University of Maine political scientists Mark Brewer and Amy Fried, who said it is unusual for chief executives to make negative — as opposed to positive […]
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The Norway, Maine, Advertiser Democrat carried an article about an underwater robotic device built by members of Laker Youth Community Action, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H community service group in southern Maine, to monitor lakes for early detection of milfoil and other invasive aquatic plants. The submersible vehicle is framed with PVC pipe […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) and the Maine Public Broadcasting Network aired feature reports on the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium being held through August at the University of Maine. Sculptors from Maine and around the world gather for the symposium, being held this year in partnership with UMaine. A news release has additional details. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine professor of history Howard Segal was a guest on The Pulse morning radio talk show Aug. 6, discussing the 67th anniversary of American forces dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, to end World War II. Segal offered perspectives (about 2 hours, 5 minutes into the program) on the legacy of […]
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University of Maine physics and astronomy professor Neil Comins, author of many books on space, space travel, planets and the universe, was a guest on The Pulse morning radio talk show, and discussed (60 minutes into the show) the importance of the nation’s space program and the successful early Monday landing of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity. […]
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In her Bangor Daily News opinion blog, Pollways, University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried discussed possible scenarios about how Gov. Paul LePage could have been so wrong in his assertion recently that Maine college-bound students are held to different standards when applying to out of state colleges and universities. The governor has said Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried an article about University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute faculty members who are leading a group of college students from across the country on a weeklong field trip to Chile to study forest sustainability and forest products manufacturing. FBRI faculty members David Neivandt and Douglas Gardner are teaching a […]
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