UMaine political scientist Amy Fried was mentioned in a Huffington Post article about allegations of voter fraud in Maine committed by more than 200 college students. Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster, who has made the allegation, also alleges that undocumented immigrants cross into the country and influence the outcome of U.S. elections. Fried refuted […]
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The Bangor Daily News included comments from James Gilbert, UMaine professor of wildlife ecology, in a story about the levels of man-made contaminants found in Maine’s harbor seals. Gilbert told the BDN that UMaine scientists attached tiny radio transmitters to 24 harbor seals in Maine and Massachusetts and intended to use the radio signals to […]
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The bridge-in-a-backpack technology developed at UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center was featured in a Bangor Daily News report on the replacement of two bridges in Carrabassett Valley that were recently washed out due to flooding from Hurricane Irene. An official from the Maine Department of Transportation commented that although the DOT has a […]
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Bangor television station WABI covered Maine Commissioner of Agriculture Walter Whitcomb’s recent trip to Highmoor Farm, a UMaine facility which performs practical research studies for the apple industry. Renae Moran, UMaine Extension tree fruit specialist, was interviewed for the story and said the size of the crop this year will be above average, which means […]
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The VillageSoup weekly newspapers noted an upcoming lecture series in Castine which will featured several UMaine researchers. The series, which is sponsored by Maine Maritime Academy, will open on Sept. 19 with Andrew Pershing, a UMaine researcher, who will give a talk on “Finding Whales in a Changing Ocean.” Beth Campbell of UMaine will speak […]
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Two UMaine researchers affiliated with the Darling Marine Center in Walpole were mentioned in a Discovery News report about an 18th century sailing vessel found during excavations at the World Trade Center site. The story mentioned marine biologist and Darling Center Director Kevin Eckelbarger had identified the shell morphology in the bored-out timbers of the […]
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Jim Settele, assistant director of UMaine’s School of Policy and International Affairs, will appear on WVOM radio’s George Hale and Ric Tyler Show, Friday Sept. 9 just after 6 a.m. A retired U.S. Navy captain, Settele served on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s staff from Oct. 2001-Aug 2003. He will share his thoughts on changes […]
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) reported Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning on the shift that began last week at UMaine from separated recycling to single-stream recycling, which was designed to increase student and employee recycling on campus. A UMaine news release has more. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Science360, the website of the National Science Foundation, noted on its home page a recent UMaine news release about research into a phenomenon known as an aggregate flux event which occurs during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic. UMaine oceanographer Mary Jane Perry led the research project. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Kate Yerxa and UMaine Professor Mary Ellen Camire were interviewed for a WLBZ-TV report on packing healthy and safe lunches for kids going back to school. Yerxa, the statewide educator for nutrition and physical activity, advised parents to allow children to have some say into what goes into their lunch box, which […]
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