The Bangor Daily News reported that the design standards for the Bridge-in-a-Backpack technology that was developed at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center have been accepted for inclusion in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials codes. Center director Habib Dagher, who was interviewed for the story, said the move means a Bridge-in-a-Backpack […]
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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the value of summertime political polling. Fried said the most recent polls taken about the race for U.S. Senate and the issue of legalizing gay marriage set up identifiable dynamics and can have an impact in fundraising. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]
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The Lehigh Valley Master Gardeners blog, which is posted on the website of the Pennsylvania newspaper The Morning Call, noted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s website of images of monarch butterflies. The blog post was about the disappearance of milkweed habitat and its potential impacts on the monarch population. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Several media outlets, including TV stations WCSH and WGME noted that former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell will be speaking Thursday at a conference hosted by UMaine. The BIOGEOMON conference which started Sunday and is being organized by UMaine soil scientist Ivan Fernandez and Professor Emeritus Stephen Norton, will focus on biogeochemical research into the chemical […]
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UMaine alumnus and former football player Brian Gaine has been promoted to assistant general manager of the Miami Dolphins, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News. Gaine graduated from UMaine in 1995 with a degree in public administration and said he learned a lot at UMaine about how to handle the physical and […]
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Bob Bayer, the director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about the drop in prices of lobster. Bayer told the newspaper that fixing costs to limit price drops could have a small effect, but he doesn’t expect much, and some lobstermen could go bankrupt. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Howard Segal, a UMaine historian, will appear on WZON radio’s Pulse Morning Show at 7 a.m. Monday to discuss recent comments made by Maine Gov. Paul LePage about the IRS and the Affordable Care Act. In his weekly radio address last week, which focused on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the healthcare act, […]
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The radio stations of Blueberry Broadcasting will air this weekend a portion of an interview UMaine President Paul Ferguson gave live Wednesday morning. Ferguson was interviewed about UMaine’s comprehensive strategic plan, known as the Blue Sky Project, which was announced Monday. The rebroadcast will air from 7 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. Saturday on 101.3 FM […]
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An article in the Bangor Daily News noted that UMaine historian Howard Segal will appear at a Camden Philosophy Society conference “Technology — Crossing and Creating Boundaries” that will be held Saturday, July 28. Segal will deliver a talk entitled, “Beyond Huxley, Orwell and other 20th Century Dystopians: The Revival of Technological Utopianism in the […]
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Bob Bayer, a UMaine professor of animal and veterinary sciences and the executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute commented in an Associated Press report about the drop in lobster prices that was posted on the Fox News website. Bayer said the average price of new shell lobsters is $1 to $1.50 lower than last summer, […]
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