Edwin Nagy, a lecturer in civil engineering at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Why the snow load on your roof should never be taken for granted.” Snow load is the downward force on a building’s roof caused by the weight of accumulated snow and ice, according […]
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The Associated Press quoted Richard Kersbergen, an extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on the summer corn harvest. Maine corn grain growers saw the highest yields ever recorded in the 2018 National Corn Growers Association contest, according to Kersbergen, who said it was the […]
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The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs announced 46 businesses have been selected for the Top Gun 2019 Class, Mainebiz reported. The announcement was made along with the center’s partners University of Maine, Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, MaineStream Finance and Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation at Thomas College. The Top Gun program is entering […]
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Philip Trostel, an economics and public policy professor at the University of Maine School of Economics and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, spoke with Mainebiz for the article, “Hiring pressures push companies to unprecedented lengths to find workers.” Maine’s unemployment rate in October was 3.4 percent, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Maine Department […]
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The Penobscot Times reported the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine Division of Student Life, will be held Jan. 21 at Wells Conference Center on campus. The family-friendly event will celebrate King’s life and legacy, inspiration, dedication to diversity and social […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported University of Maine football wide receiver Andre Miller helps out at the Old Town-Orono YMCA after-school program. Miller, who got involved at the YMCA about a year and a half ago, says working with the children is rewarding, and he plans to continue. “Working with the kids, it’s really a new […]
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The Penobscot Times reported a free training for Conversation Partners provided by Literacy Volunteers of Bangor will be held at the University of Maine on Jan. 10. UMaine is host to more than 400 international students and scholars. Although English proficiency is required for study at UMaine, many students and scholars would benefit from additional […]
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The Bangor Daily News mentioned the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in the article, “This homestead resource may sound too good to be true, but it’s just a call or click away.” Cooperative Extensions are part of each state’s land grant university, which were designated in the mid-1800s to focus on science, engineering and agriculture […]
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Potato News Today and Fiddlehead Focus reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host the 34th annual Maine Potato Conference Jan. 23–24 at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center. The Central Aroostook Young Farmers Trade Show also will take place at the center, with informational booths. Events are planned from 8 a.m. to 4 […]
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Jonathan Rubin, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, is profiled in the latest edition of TR News, the bimonthly magazine of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), one of seven major programs of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. At TRB, Rubin chairs the Environment and Energy […]
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