A report prepared by UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Police Center on poverty in Maine was the subject of a Portland Press Herald story. The story noted the report found that the consequences of living in poverty can be severe, with children from poor families tending to complete less school and ending up working and earning […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on Saturday’s VEX Robotics Competition Championships, which was sponsored by UMaine’s College of Engineering. Dana Humphrey, dean of the college, told the BDN students in the competition are doing things that are fun while trying to solve a problem. UMaine junior engineering major David Hart, who directed the competition, was […]
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The March/April 2012 issue of “fine Gardening” magazine includes an article by University of Maine Cooperative Extension small fruit and vegetable specialist David Handley on pruning red raspberries, which recommends a hard late-winter thinning as the secret to healthier plants. The article includes an Extension video in which Handley illustrates proper pruning techniques. Contact: George […]
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The travel section of the Boston Sunday Globe on Feb. 5 included the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine as being among noteworthy New England college highlights “offering exceptional and exhilarating experiences” for the public. The article recommends Hudson’s Native American exhibits and its basket collection, which the Globe features on its website. Contact: […]
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The PBS news program “Washington Week in Review” has aired a news report on how Maine voters get information about political candidates that was created and reported by UMaine student Kylie Keene, a senior who is interning at WVII (ABC) Bangor this semester. Keene interviewed UMaine students and several older adults in Orono, in addition […]
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Kristin Sobolik of UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute was noted in a story on the website io9.com for her work in paleofecal research. The story said there was a big breakthrough in human DNA extraction when Sobolik suggested samples found in Hinds Cave in Texas be tested. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Bangor TV station WABI had an advance on Friday evening’s troop send-off ceremony to be held at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts. The ceremony will honor members of a Maine Army National Guard medevac unit that is being deployed to Kuwait. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Maine Physical Sciences Partnership, a program that partners UMaine with nearly 50 middle and high schools, was featured in two local TV reports Thursday evening. WABI and WLBZ filmed students and a teacher at the Reeds Brook School in Hampden, where the students were studying force and motion by testing propeller-powered model cars. Both […]
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The Bangor Daily News ran a preview story of “Avenue Q,” an upcoming production by Maine Masque, a UMaine student theatre organization, which features puppetry. UMaine theater professor Sandra Hardy told the BDN in an interview that in learning how to do puppetry for the show, her students gained a useful skill they can use […]
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Media outlets around the country, including the Kansas City Star, reported that UMaine education professors Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden have been named Thursday to a newly formed anti-hazing committee at Florida A&M University, which had a hazing incident last fall which led to the death of a student band member. Allan and Madden are […]
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