UMaine Economists in Snow Removal Story
Jim McConnan and Jonathtan Rubin of the UMaine School of Economics faculty were quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about private snow removal companies, which are having a profitble winter season.
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Sorg in BDN Drug Addiction Story
Comments from Marcella Sorg of UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, an expert on illegal drug use in Maine, were included in a Saturday Bangor Daily News story about opiate addictions and the impact of those drugs on people and communities.
Read moreFormer Black Bear Football Star Dies at 33
Royston English, a star UMaine funning back between 1998 and 2001, has died at the age of 33 from cancer. A story, including comments from Coach Jack Cosgrove, appeared in Saturday’s Portland Press Herald.
Read moreSunday Telegram Offshore Wind Editorial
The Feb. 27 Maine Sunday Telegram included an editorial about the ambitious deepwater offshore wind energy project spearheaded by UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The editorial says that private investment will be the key to the editorial’s success.
Read moreCamire in No-Alcohol Beer Story
Comments from Mary Ellen Camire of the UMaine food science and human nutrition faculty are included in an Associated Press story about an alcohol-free beer that a German company touts as a recovery drink for athletes.
Read moreNews Article Highlights Engineer’s Horse-Racing Startup
The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine Libra Foundation Professor of Engineering Michael “Mick” Peterson and the expansion of the startup company aimed at the horse-racing industry he formed with a colleague from Colorado State. Peterson and his colleague researched thoroughbred and harness racing horses, tracks and horse injuries over the last 14 […]
Read moreStudents Interviewed for Alternative Spring Break Story
UMaine students Greg Pease and Sean Campbell were interviewed for a Thursday WABI television story about alternative spring break activities that are taking students to various community service projects around the country. Campbell is coordinating the UMaine program, which is described in more detail in a UMaine news release.
Read moreCooperative Extension 4-H Technology Program In Lewiston Newspaper
The Lewiston Sun Journal reports UMaine’s Cooperative Extension is funding the national 4-H Tech Wizard program in schools in the Oxford Hills area of western Maine. The program will have teachers working with students to build skills and aspirations in science, technology, engineering and math, and to develop an ethic of service and civic engagement. […]
Read moreIron Fertilization Study Group On Website
A new 12-member international consortium, which includes UMaine, studying the potential effects of iron fertilization of the oceans was mentioned on the website Azom.com. Oceanographer Fei Chai is representing UMaine as the group examines how fertilization areas of open ocean can contribute to the removal of carbon from the atmosphere.
Read moreStudent Featured In Story About Egypt Uprisings
UMaine international affairs student Maja Bedak was one of three people featured in a Portland Press Herald story about how the recent uprisings in Egypt affected college students and faculty who happened to be studying or researching in that country. Bedak, who lives in Portland, was halfway through her junior year abroad in a yearlong […]
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