UMaine in the News

Tidal Power Grant News Story

Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News reports that a $1 million federal grant will support UMaine research related to the development of tidal energy off the Maine coast.  UMaine engineering Prof. Michael “Mick” Peterson is quoted in the report, which details the study as it relates to potential environmental impact.

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Coverage of Gubernatorial Forum at UMaine

The Morning Sentinel has posted a story about the five Maine gubernatorial candidates’ visits Tuesday to the UMaine campus. Republican candidate Paul LePage was the first to meet with the UMaine community.

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UMaine Researcher Advances Understanding of Structural Change in Cancer Cells

Contact: Andre Khalil, (207) 581-3911; George Manlove (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — A method developed by a University of Maine mathematician to get a much more detailed look at cellular morphology has the potential to aid in early cancer detection. Andre Khalil, a UMaine assistant professor of mathematics and cooperating assistant professor of physics, has […]

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UMaine Researchers Receive $1 Million Grant To Continue Tidal Power Studies

Contact: Mick Peterson (207) 581-2129 or michael.peterson@maine.edu ORONO – A group of University of Maine researchers, headed up by UMaine Libra Foundation Professor of Engineering Michael “Mick” Peterson, has received a $1 million grant from the Department of Energy to continue developing environmental impact protocols at the site of a tidal-power turbine near Eastport and […]

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Maine Archaeology Month Lecture to Focus on Fake Artifacts

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, (207) 581-1904 ORONO — The Hudson Museum will host a free, public lecture by Karen Olsen Bruhns, one of the leading authorities on Pre-Columbian fake artifacts from Mesoamerica and the South American Andes, Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. Bruhns is director of the Cihuatan/Las Marias Archaeological Project for the Fundacion Nacional […]

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UMaine Receives Grant to Explore Shared Management of Print Collections

UMaine has received a $821,065 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, according to LibraryJournal.com. UMaine and other partners will use the grant for a statewide Maine Shared Collections Strategy project to define a strategy for share management of legacy print collections and to explore new ways of delivering content to […]

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Story Cites Research Into Washington County Economy

A story in Mainebiz about a learning center in Washington County that has collaborated with a local fishery cites a study by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at UMaine. The study found Washington County had the highest proportion of families seeking assistance for home heating oil, free or reduced lunch, and and food stamp […]

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Museum Photography Exhibitions Noted

A Portland Press Herald story notes the UMaine Museum of Art as one of several art museums in Maine focusing recently on photography. UMMA has an photography exhibit opening Friday in its downtown Bangor location.

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Organ Tour

Kevin Birch, a faculty member in UMaine’s School of Performing Arts, is quoted extensively in a Bangor Daily News story about a benefit event for the 1860 E.E. & G. Hook organ located in St. John’s Catholic Church in Bangor.

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You-Are-Loved Event Report

Channel 5 News reported a Monday evening preview of the You-Are-Loved Chalk Message Project, part of a nationwide suicide prevention initiative.  A similar story appears in Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News and it was mentioned in a USA Today report. The UMaine event, held Monday night, was organized by the Touchstone Project in the UMaine Counseling […]

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