Ashley Kerekes, a recent UMaine graduate from the College of Education and Human Development, has become a celebrity of sorts in the world of cricket. Her Twitter handle @theashes matches the name of a popular Australian cricket tournament, “The Ashes.” During the tournament, fans began communicating with Kerekes through Twitter, assuming she was affiliated with […]
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Monday’s Bangor Daily News included a book review written by Howard Segal of the UMaine history faculty. The book, “The Three-Legged Woman and Other Excursions in Teaching,” was written by Robert Klose, a biology professor who serves on the University College of Bangor faculty. In the book, Klose describes various experiences in his teaching career […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a feature about “Clutter: A Creative Exploration of Junk and Stuff,” an exhibition organized by 10 UMaine students and scheduled for 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, December 10, at 29 Broad Street in Bangor. UMaine graduate student Allison Melton is heading up the project, which will allow the students […]
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The Wicked Local newspapers in Massachusetts report that Jon Sorenson of Boxford, Mass. was one of four people recently honored with a UMaine Stillwater Society Presidential Award. Sorenson, a 1986 UMaine graduate, was recognized along with Prof. Habib Dagher and UMaine alumni benefactors Russell and Barbara Bodwell. The Stillwater Society honors those who have “made […]
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A Sunday New York Times report mentions UMaine as one of the colleges and universities considering changes that would affect academic programs in the languages. In his academic reorganization plan announced last May, President Kennedy recommended that UMaine suspend academic majors in Latin and German, while retaining the capacity for instruction in those languages.
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Mike Bilodeau, director of UMaine’s Process Development Center, was quoted in a Sunday Maine Today Media story about issues related to a grass pellet fuel R&D project that’s underway in northern Maine. UMaine researchers, including Cooperative Extension experts, are looking at ways to create an energy-producing crop on unused farm land in Aroostook County. The […]
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The website Offshore Wind Wire has an interview with UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center Director Habib Dagher, who answered questions about the progress of the DeepCWind floating turbine project and the type of work which will be done at the UMaine’s offshore wind laboratory, which is currently under construction.
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Friday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story about the UMaine Student Senate’s recent approval of a resolution calling for Congress to support the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act. The initiative would provide a way for aiens between the ages of 12 and 35 to gain citizenship under certain circumstances. The story […]
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In a story about Maine high schools attempting to increase their enrollment of international students, the website fenceviewer.com mentioned UMaine’s agreement with Orono High School to provide housing space and create university-based programs for high school students coming from abroad beginning next year.
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The website Horticulture Week cites research by UMaine’s Donglin Zhang in a story about invasive plants. Zhang says selecting vigorous American native woodland plans is one way of countering invasive aliens.
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