The Kennebec Journal ran a story Friday about UMaine valedictorian Kristopher Cooper and salutatorian Rachel Ann Ventrella, who are both from the newspaper’s coverage area. Cooper, of Winthrop, is a biology major with a minor in business, while Ventrella, who is from Fayette, will graduate with an elementary education degree with a minor in liberal […]
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A story in the Buffalo News included comments from UMaine football players Jeremy Kelley and Desmond Randall, who both played wide receiver for the Black Bears. Kelley and Randall, who are both natives of West Seneca, N.Y., went undrafted in last week’s NFL draft and are waiting to see if they sign free-agent contracts. Kelley […]
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Comments from Gordon Hamilton of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute were included in a Time Magazine online report about findings that Arctic ice melt is accelerating. Hamilton said parts of Greenland have started to change in ways that are shocking to researchers, and that both the extent of melting and the length of the melting season […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about downtown Bangor’s first Kid Central Festival, in which the University of Maine Museum of Art is participating with a scavenger hunt and activities in its galleries. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Two finalists for the position of UMaine women’s basketball coach have visited campus, according to reports from the Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News. UMaine Athletic Director Steve Abbott told the BDN an announcement could be forthcoming soon. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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An Audubon Magazine blog is featuring the biodegradable lobster shell golf balls developed at UMaine by engineering David Neivandt and his student, Alex Caddell. TMCNet’s Green Technology World site also has an item about the golf balls. Contact: Kristen Andresen, 207-581-3742
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UMaine associate professor of history Liam Riordan, an early American history authority with expertise on the Revolutionary era, will give a talk and PowerPoint presentation titled “Does the Declaration of Independence Matter Today? The Dunlap Broadside in 2011” at 2 p.m. in the Story Room of the Bangor Public Library Saturday, May 7.
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Discovery Canada has aired a segment on the biodegradable lobster shell golf balls developed by University of Maine researchers as a way to create a value-added use for discarded lobster shells. With commercialization and mass production, the golf balls could be used by cruise line passengers who enjoy whacking golf balls into the ocean, among […]
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The Bangor Daily News Wednesday carried an article about college graduations in Maine that included the schedule of May 7 commencement ceremonies at UMaine. Again this year, UMaine will hold two ceremonies at the Alfond Sports Arena, one in the morning and another in the afternoon. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is this year’s keynote speaker. […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about the groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday at UMaine for a Forest and Bioproducts Research Institute addition at Jenness Hall. The 3,300-square-foot addition will give technical staff room to work with visiting researchers and collaborators. It also will include training areas and videoconferencing facilities. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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