WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) covered the annual Career Fair at the University of Maine. WABI reported students from four University of Maine System campuses attended the fair to meet with 170 different employers. “We’ve had students say, ‘I’ve got an interview scheduled as a result of being at the fair. I’ve made great […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a talk given Feb. 6 on the University of Maine campus by Habib Dagher, executive director and founder of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Dagher’s talk was an update on Aqua Ventus, a planned floating offshore wind project. The goal is to install floating turbines off the Maine coast […]
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CapeCod.com NewsCenter reported Walter Golet, who is jointly appointed as an assistant research professor with the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine and a research scientist with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, is requesting the help of community members with a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tuna tagging project. The Atlantic […]
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The Piscataquis Observer reported the Maine Senior Corps, based in the University of Maine’s Center on Aging, partnered with Renys department store in a statewide donation campaign for socks Jan. 5–31. Inspired by Gov. Janet Mills’ inauguration call for everyone to serve fellow Mainers, the “Warm Heart, Warm Feet” initiative showed the power of collaboration […]
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Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was quoted in a WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) report on climate change and lake ice. Climate change could result in less lake ice in the near future, which would present problems for ice fishermen — and […]
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The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting applications for its Master Gardener Volunteers Program in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties. Training sessions will be at the UMaine Extension office in Lisbon Falls 4:45–8 p.m. Tuesdays April 2–May 28, and will resume Aug. 24–Oct. 15. Program participants will receive at least 40 […]
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The Penobscot Times previewed a monthly luncheon hosted by Women of the World to take place at noon Feb. 11 at the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono. The luncheon will be an indoor tailgate party, and attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite team’s colors, the article states. Cost is $5 per person, $2 […]
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Mainebiz cited a University of Maine study in an article on development of a new concert venue in Westbrook. Construction on Rock Row, a mixed-use development in Westbrook, is just beginning and will include Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row, a temporary 8,200-person capacity amphitheater set to open this summer. The venue, a collaboration between […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Mark Hutchinson, an extension educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about compost. Anything that was once alive can be composted, and this includes some surprising items, the article states. However, some decompose much slower than others. These items can be sifted out from compost that has […]
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Maine Business School faculty John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy and professor of management, and Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems, wrote an opinion piece for the Portland Press Herald’s “Maine Voices” column titled “Knowledge is power in the developing new world order.”
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