A Bangor Daily News story about Wednesday’s Teen Conference for Youth in Care, which was held at UMaine, noted that UMaine student Shannon Johnson of Limington was one of the emcees for the conference that highlighted teenagers in foster care. Johnson, who is studying sociology and legal studies, said teens aging out of foster care […]
Read more
The Maine Edge weekly newspaper mentioned UMaine theater professor Marcia Douglas’ involvement in the Penobscot Theatre Company’s Northern Writes New Play Festival, which opened this week. Douglas is acting and directing in the festival, which is in its fifth year. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Read more
Portland television station WCSH reported on a new composite bridge in Boothbay, noting UMaine’s contributions. The composite beams for the Knickerbocker Bridge, which at 540 feet is the largest composite bridge in the world, were tested at UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Read more
UMaine Cooperative Extension Specialist David Handley was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald story about the upcoming strawberry crop. Handley said the strawberry plants are where they should be in terms of flower development and plant health. He added there have been few strawberry-eating insects this year. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Read more
Several media outlets were at the Bangor Public Library Tuesday to report on a collaboration between the library and UMaine’s Fogler Library to digitize around 800 posters from World War I and II that are currently in the Bangor Public Library’s collection. The Bangor Daily News noted that Eugene Daigle, a Fogler Library employee and […]
Read more
A news release from the American Medical Association noted UMaine graduate Georgia Tuttle, the mayor of the City of Lebanon, N.H., and a practicing dermatologist, has been elected to the AMA’s national Board of Trustees. Tuttle earned a bachelor’s degree from UMaine in 1976 and attended the Tufts University School of Medicine. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
Read more
The website Renewable Energy World has a story about the efforts of the UMaine-led DeepCwind Consortium, which is seeking to develop floating offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine. The story mentioned the recent EnergyOcean International 2011 conference, where Department of Energy Offshore Wind Manager Christopher Hart expressed enthusiasm for the consortium. The story […]
Read more
The Bangor Daily News has a story about the recently announced class of UMaine Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Some of the inductees include former UMaine hockey player Jimmy Howard, basketball captain and benefactor Dick Collins, and women’s soccer great Linda Consolante-Hathorn. The induction ceremony will be held on Friday, Sept. 30. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
Read more
“Climate Change and the Role of Humans,” a talk by Prof. Paul Mayewski, director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, will be broadcast on Maine Public Radio’s “Speaking in Maine” program Friday June 24 at 1 p.m. Mayewski gave the talk on March 31 at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts. It was presented by the […]
Read more
University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics Jim McConnon was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News feature article about a Caribou man who has carved out a niche in the computer games world. McConnon says Christopher York’s success is a sign of the expansion and penetration of broadband into rural parts of […]
Read more