Several news organizations, including the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom, continued coverage of the accidental death Saturday of UMaine student Shirley Ladd, who fell from a mountain trail in Acadia National Park. The CBS News Travel Section also carried a report. Local news stations Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed Jeff Hunt, […]
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Channel 7 (WVII)interviewed University of Maine professor of wood science and technology Doug Gardner at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center about a manufacturing process for composite materials designed to advance the longevity of deck and fence construction materials. Gardner, UMaine research colleagues Chris West and Yousoo Han, and a researcher in Pennsylvania received a […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the death Monday of Charlie Slavin, longtime UMaine Honors College dean and mathematics professor. The report included comments from state Rep. Emily Cain, an Honors College graduate who now works there as the coordinator of advancement. A University of Maine news release has additional information. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
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A report on Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio features University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems Rick Kersbergen, who is involved in a U.S. Department of Agriculture study on improving the marketability of organic milk. Kersbergen said the study looks at trying to decipher what forages and what pasture mixes […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about former UMaine track and field standout Viktoriya Rybalko, now an assistant track coach at UMaine, who is scheduled to compete Aug. 7 in the women’s long jump in the 2012 Olympics in London. This will be the second Olympics in which she as competed. Contact: George Manlove, […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried a report on a patent several University of Maine researchers received for a manufacturing process for composite deck and fence material. The patent was issued to Doug Gardner, UMaine professor of forest resources; Chris West, a research associate at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center; Yousoo Han, a UMaine assistant […]
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University of Maine professor of computer science and expert in cybersecurity, was interviewed for an article in the Portland Press Herald about the vulnerability of the nation’s cyber infrastructure. The article included comments from U.S. Congresswoman Susan Collins, a co-sponsor of a bill designed to strengthen the country’s defense against computer-borne attacks that threaten economic […]
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Robert Bayer, director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, was interviewed for several news reports on lobsters, which are currently plentiful and inexpensive in Maine. The Manchester Union Leader published a story on Canadian imports of Maine lobsters and The Day of New London, Conn. carried an article, which also appeared in the Bangor […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough was interviewed for an Associated Press article about this year’s bountiful blueberry crop. The report appeared in the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News and on Channel 6 (WCSH). Yarborough said he estimates this year’s crop will yield between 90 million to 95 million pounds of […]
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The Maine Sunday Telegram interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension ornamental horticulturist Lois Berg Stack for a column about early blooming garden flowers. Stack said although some flowers may have blossomed early this year, plenty of late summer and fall flowers have yet to bloom. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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