The Associated Press quoted UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer about the exposure of imperfections of the candidates for high political positions, and the potential impact on voters. Brewer said close elections will generate more opposition research.
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Contact: Craig Harris, (207) 581-4220 ORONO — The University of Maine Canadian-American Center is bringing three speakers to Orono for Canada Weeks 2010 in November. All events are free and open to the public. Monday, Nov. 1, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Bangor Lounge in the Memorial Union, award-winning scholar, folklore professor and author Gerald […]
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Contact: Deb Neuman, (207) 866-6535; Renee Kelly, (207) 581-1401 ORONO — A University of Maine conference scheduled Nov. 10 for business people and prospective entrepreneurs to learn more about innovating and capitalizing on great new ideas will include a keynote address by David Kappos, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr (207) 581-3571 or joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO, Maine – The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has selected five University of Maine projects to receive a total of $3.5 million from the Maine Technology Asset Fund. Gov. John Baldacci announced last week a total of $7.25 million in awards to 10 applicants across Maine. The Maine […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension is set to begin a four-session workshop “From Recipe to Market: Cashing in on Value-Added Opportunities,” on Thursday in Farmington. A Lewiston Sun Journal story previews the sessions and includes comments from Extension faculty member Beth Calder. Her Extension colleagues Jim McConnon and Marc Edwards will also teach parts of the workshop.
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A WABI television story reports that the Maine Campus, UMaine’s student newspaper, has endorsed independent Shawn Moody’s gubernatorial candidacy.
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The Bangor Daily News on Monday featured a story about the tidal energy testing site at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, where UMaine scientists are conducting environmental studies as part of an assessment of tidal energy locations in Maine.
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WBZ advanced the annual Sen. George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability, being given this year by Elinor Ostrom, co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Ostrom will discuss “Unconventional Wisdom: Sustaining our Natural Resources in a Rapidly Changing World.” The lecture will take place at 1 p.m. Thursday in UMaine’s Wells Conference Center.
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A column in the Morning Sentinel highlighted UMaine Cooperative Extension’s master gardening courses. The classes help gardeners get the most from their gardens.
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A column in the Columbia Daily Tribune in Missouri mentioned UMaine research that found the bottle gourd may be the oldest domesticated crop in the New World. UMaine archaeologist Dan Sandweiss worked several years ago with colleagues from the Smithsonian, Harvard University and New Zealand’s Massey University, to find the first groups of humans to […]
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