Daily Racing Form reports that California’s Santa Anita racetrack has hired UMaine Prof. Mick Peterson to study that facility’s synthetic track surface from a safety perspective. Peterson, a mechanical engineer, is the leading expert in the impact of racetrack surfaces on horse safety. UMaine Today magazine reported on his work in a 2007 cover story.
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In an interview with the Capitol News Service for a Bangor Daily News article, UMaine sociologist Amy Blackstone discussed her ongoing research on older worker harassment, saying older people experience a different type of on-the-job harassment, that of isolation, being demeaned or feeling left out.
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Former Maine Senator George Mitchell hosted some 50 recent Maine high school graduates at a Sunday UMaine reception for Maine’s newest group of Mitchell Scholars. The scholarships, awarded by the George J. Mitchell Scholarship Institute, provide financial support for one graduate of every Maine high school each year. Mitchell, a Waterville native who represented Maine […]
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A USA Today story about RateMyProfessors.Com, a Web site that allows users to post commentary about college professors, includes references to a study by UMaine professors Ted Coladarci and Irv Kornfield published in the journal Practical Assessment, Evaluation and Research. They looked at correlations between the Web site’s ratings and assessments that students provide when […]
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Peggy Crawford, UMaine’s director of financial aid, provided perspectives for a Bangor Daily News editorial examining issues related to student debt. She points out that student advisers work to try and help students find ways to minimize the debt they incur, but that students “typically” graduate with more than $20,000 in loan debt. There is […]
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Contact: Ali Abedi, 581-2231 orabedi@ieee.org ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine will host this month representatives from the government, academic community and aerospace industry companies to discuss future uses of wireless technology in the aerospace industry, and how the technology can be applied to commercial aviation, during the CANEUS Fly-By-Wireless Workshop. The conference will […]
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Contact: Renae Moran, (207) 933-2100, Ext. 105 MONMOUTH – University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and fruit tree specialist Renae Moran says many Maine apple orchards are seeing light but early harvests this year. “I’m starting to see it with the early varieties and I think it’s going to happen with Macintosh,” says Moran, a […]
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Boston-based chef Rebecca Newell, a 1999 UMaine graduate, beat four other women for a $10,000 prize on the Aug. 10 episode of Food Network show.
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Contact: William Livingston, 581-2990; Dave Struble, 287-4981 ORONO — In support of Gov. John Baldacci’s recent proclamation of August as Asian Longhorn Beetle Awareness Month, University of Maine forest resources professor William Livingston and Maine State Entomologist Dave Struble are reminding Maine outdoors enthusiasts about the danger of bringing firewood into the state. “Maine’s forests […]
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