The Sun Journal covered the Maine Engineering Workforce Summit on Sept. 29 in Lewiston. The event focused on addressing the shortage of engineers necessary to meet the needs of the state. It was organized by the University of Maine and a coalition of 13 business, economic development and education groups. Maine’s leading experts on the […]
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Bradfield Lyon, an associate research professor in climate analysis at the University of Maine, was cited in the National Geographic article, “How climate change is fueling a food crisis in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria.” Across East Africa, farmers are facing persistent rural poverty and food insecurity, according to the article. Rapid population growth — sub-Saharan […]
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Science Friday, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the public’s access to science and scientific information, recently posted about a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H program that connects youth with a graduate student conducting fieldwork in a remote location. This fall, the Follow a Researcher™ program will take place in Antarctica with Lynn Kaluzienski, […]
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Boston magazine published an article about the 18-year art project of Amy Stacey Curtis, who teaches a class on professional development for artists in the University of Maine’s New Media Department. The project began in 1998 when Curtis decided to produce a series of nine shows over the course of 18 years — her solo-biennials, […]
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The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about cross-laminated timber (CLT), a building material that is engineered to be stronger than traditional timber and more resistant to the elements. CLT also has about half the carbon footprint of concrete, according to the article. According to […]
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The Associated Press reported U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin announced the University Center Economic Development Program at the University of Maine and University of Southern Maine will receive $116,667 in grant funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to support technical assistance for Maine’s forest products sector. In […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Vote as you must to minimize evil in November, then work for a better world,” by Michael Howard, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine. Howard is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country […]
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The Times Record reported about 25 Brunswick High School students are conducting research on green crabs with funding from a $35,000 University of Maine grant. Community outreach and service learning educator Rick Wilson said the majority of the grant will go to the BHS science department to help fund and start an aquaculture research project, […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for a report about two recent polls that predict different results of the 2nd Congressional District race. A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram poll put Rep. Bruce Poliquin ahead of challenger Emily Cain by 10 percent, while a poll […]
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David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was mentioned in a Daily Bulldog article on the Farmington Fair. Among the blue ribbons for excellence in growing fruits and vegetables was a display from the students’ garden at Cape Cod Hill School in New Sharon, according to […]
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