The University of Maine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about a new food studies program at the University of Southern Maine that began in January. The program aims to teach students how to tackle the scientific, environmental, social, economic and political questions facing food systems using an interdisciplinary approach, according to the […]
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Mainebiz reported a group of students from the University of Southern Maine recently completed a team-taught, 20-day course off Cuba to learn how to develop a tourism strategy that included sustainable initiatives regarding Cuba’s coral reefs and the hospitality training needs of its residents. Led by Tracy Michaud Stutzman of USM’s Department of Tourism and […]
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New Scientist published a review of “The Traveler’s Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists,” the latest book by Neil Comins, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Maine. “‘The Traveler’s Guide to Space’ is a delight, and the fact that few of its readers will ever need to use […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “It’s encouraging to see conservatives get behind a carbon tax to fight climate change,” by Michael Howard, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed University of Maine political science professor Mark Brewer for a story on Maine politicians navigating conflict of interest issues.
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The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on Brenda Hall, a glacial geology professor at the University of Maine, as part of its “Meet” series. The Press Herald interviewed Hall about “her journey from growing up in Standish to being a globe-trotting expert on glacial geology and the stability of ice sheets.” Hall, a […]
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WABI reported on the University of Maine’s 2017 International Dance Festival held at the Collins Center for the Arts. The 13th annual event showcased an array of traditional music, dance and clothes from around the world that is representative of the diverse student body at UMaine. More than 70 dancers took part in performances ranging […]
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Two innovation accelerator programs with University of Maine ties helped Bangor startup L&K Manufacturing get off the ground, Mainebiz reported. L&K Manufacturing, doing business as Cobbler Technologies, is developing multimaterial, 3-D printers for the footwear industry. The company was started by Andrew Katon and Vincent Lewis who met as students at UMaine, according to the […]
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Smithsonian Magazine interviewed Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, for a story on the historical role international agreements have played in addressing climate change. In the late 1980s, the Montreal Protocol began the process of closing a hole in the ozone layer caused by ozone-depleting chemicals found in a wide […]
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The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “To save the planet, eat more dried beans,” as part of the “Green Plate Special” column. According to the Maine Folklife Center, the yellow eye is the most popular bean cooked at Maine church suppers because of its […]
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