UMaine in the News

Moxley Poem Featured on National Poetry Website

Poetry Daily, an online anthology of poetry published by The Daily Poet Association, published a poem, “Lullaby,” by Jennifer Moxley, a member of the UMaine English Department faculty, who was the daily featured poet Thursday, Sept. 30. Moxley also was the guest judge for a $10,000 poetry prize awarded by Lake Forest College in September. […]

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Socolow in Story on MaineWatchdog Reporting

Comments from Michael Socolow of the UMaine journalism faculty are included in a Maine Today Media story (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) about the online reporting of organizations like MaineWatchdog.org, which first reported recent news about issues related to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s travel on private jets. The site is part […]

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Students Helping Farmington Build a Bridge

A Central Maine Morning Sentinel story details an effort by UMaine engineering students that will hep the town of Farmington build a new recreational bridge across the Sandy River.  The students, members of the Engineers Without Borders group, will perform an engineering design study aimed at helping figure out affordable ways to build the 330-foot […]

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Bangor Metro Details Offshore Wind Power Initiative

The October issue of Bangor Metro magazine includes an extensive feature story about Maine-based efforts to develop deepwater offshore wind technology.  The story features several comments from Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, the driving force behind those efforts.

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Center on Aging Receives Program Grants

Contact: Paula Burnett, (207) 262-7926 ORONO — The University of Maine Center on Aging recently received two grants from the United Way of Eastern Maine to continue two popular programs, the Center’s RSVP organization of community volunteers over the age of 55, and the RSVP Bone Builders exercise education program. The Center on Aging RSVP […]

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LaCroix Named UMaine Police Chief

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s new police chief is a law enforcement veteran who worked in Florida for more than 30 years before relocating to Maine in 2008. Roland LaCroix of Bangor moved to Maine to take a captain’s job in the UMaine police department.  He became interim […]

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Holberton, Morse Look at Warm Weather Impact on Birds and Fish

A Working Waterfront story provides analysis of the impact of warmer-than-usual temperatures in the first eight months of 2010 on seabirds and certain marine species.  Rebecca Holberton, UMaine avian biologist and Dana Morse, a marine extension associate in UMaine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, are both quoted in the story.  Holberton notes that seabird […]

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