A new play written by UMaine English adjunct faculty member William Yellow Robe is set for a world premiere on Aug. 3 a The Public Theater in New York City, according to the website Broadway World. Yellow Robe, a member of the Assiniboine Tribe, will debut the play “Thieves,” which is set in a Brooklyn […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension’s efforts to help Maine farmers grow wheat for bread flour were highlighted in a report on Bangor’s Channel 2 (WLBZ). Ellen Mallory, a sustainable agriculture specialist with Extension, was quoted about the characteristics that make different wheat varieties suitable for bread flour. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Several media outlets including the Kennebec Journal reported that Deb Neuman, the former director of the Target Technology Center at UMaine, has been appointed deputy commissioner of the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development. An Maine Public Broadcasting radio report noted Neuman will head up the Governor’s Account Executives Unit and will also continue […]
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Research done by UMaine economist Todd Gabe was mentioned in a post about commuting that appeared on The Atlantic website. The article, written by Richard Florida, cited Gabe’s research into the determinants of public transportation use and walking and biking in U.S. metropolitan areas.Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about a proposed $5.2 million facility that would combine the UMaine observatory and planetarium facilities into one building. The UMaine System Board of Trustees will consider the proposal next Monday at its next board meeting. The facility would be built near Rangeley Road between the Hilltop Parking lots […]
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Research by and comments from Scott See, history professor and director or the University of Maine Humanities Initiative, were the basis of a recent article in the Saint John, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal about nineteenth century violence between Protestants and Irish Catholics in Atlantic Canada, including St. John. See also discussed his research as a guest […]
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UMaine’s work on wind power was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about a finding that Maine surpasses the national rate in creation of so-called green jobs. The story said UMaine is working in partnership with companies such as Cianbro and Bath Iron Works to build a regional cluster of expertise around the development […]
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Bangor’s Channel 2 (WLBZ) had a report on UMaine Cooperative Extension’s outdoor gardening classroom in Orono. The report noted the gardens produced in 2010 more than 17,000 pounds of produce that was donated to food banks in Penobscot County. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Justin Martin, who will start this fall teaching journalism at UMaine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about controversy surrounding Al-Jazeera Washington Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara’s upcoming talk at the Strand Theatre in Rockland. Martin, who most recently taught at the American University in Cairo, told the BDN Al-Jazeera is considered to be […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried a brief story about UMaine receiving federal funding for nursing education. The Department of Health and Human Services funds will help offset tuition and other expenses for nurses pursuing graduate degrees who agree to practice in rural or underserved areas of the state. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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