A Waterville Sentinel article about an organic farmer from Skowhegan had a mention of UMaine’s Cooperative Extension services. Sarah Smith of Grassland Farm in Skowhegan, who is going to speak to members of Congress later this week about organic farming issues, said organic farmers in Maine are fortunate to have the support of the various […]
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UMaine Professor Irv Kornfield was interviewed for a story on AOL News about a lamb, born on a farm in China, that happens to resemble a dog. The birth has given rise to rumors that the lamb is the result of the mating of a sheep and dog. Kornfield, who is also the director of […]
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Amy Fried of the UMaine political science faculty spoke on Saturday with an AP radio reporter for a story about President Obama’s re-election bid.
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Jonathan Farley of the UMaine computer science faculty wrote a column, “Confessions of a minion of the military-industrial complex, or how I learned to stop worrying about where my academic research funding came from and love Raytheon,” in the April 1 edition of The Guardian. In the column, Farley uses his own experiences as the […]
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Amos Orcutt, president and CEO of the University of Maine Foundation, was interviewed for an article in the Kennebec Journal profiling Walt Whitcomb, the new Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture. Orcutt, a member of the national Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, like Whitcomb, recalled the new commissioner as being patient and thoughtful, with character. […]
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Alfred Bushway, food sciences professor at UMaine and authority on fiddlehead ferns, is quoted in the April 2011 edition of Martha Stewart Living magazine about whether one of Maine’s iconic wild-grown delicacies contains a toxin that can make people sick. Bushway told the magazine that he’s seen no evidence of toxins in fiddleheads.
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The Bangor Daily News reports on U.S. Marine Col. Michael Colburn, conductor of The President’s Own Marine band. Colburn is at UMaine for several days for a series of workshops and performances, including a 7:30 p.m. Tuesday concert featuring the UMaine Symphonic Band and the UMaine Concert Band. More information is available in a UMaine […]
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Brewer, Palmer in AP story on LePage Comments from Mark Brewer and Kenneth Palmer of the UMaine political science faculty are included in an Associated Press story on numerous news Web sites, including that of Washington D.C. radio station WTOP. The story looks at Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s “bluntness” and reaction among various constituencies to […]
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Golf balls made from lobster shells, created by faculty and students in UMaine’s Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, in partnership with the Lobster Institute at UMaine, are the subject of widespread news coverage. Prof. David Neivandt was interviewed for a Saturday National Public Radio story. Other reports on the golf balls, intended for use […]
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UMaine’s Tuesday dismissal of women’s basketball coach Cindy Blodgett led to a series of opinion pieces in Sunday’s Maine newspapers. Lewiston Sun Journal columnist Kalle Oakes wrote about the situation, as did Maine Sunday Telegram publisher Richard Connor. The Sunday Telegram also published an editorial about the story.
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