The Bangor Daily News interviewed Richard “Dick” Hill, a University of Maine professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, for a feature article about his accomplishments and legacy. The 97-year-old has been the “voice of energy alternatives for two generations of Mainers” by not only teaching at UMaine, but also working as an energy consultant to industry […]
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Robert Steneck, a marine biologist at the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “Marauding American lobsters find themselves in hot water.” Scientists say the male American lobster’s unusually large crusher claw is at the center of a push by Sweden to ban imports of the species […]
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David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional and fiddlehead expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about northern Maine entrepreneurs who are in the fiddlehead business. Fuller, who has spent years studying fiddleheads, spoke about the importance of sustainability when harvesting a wild […]
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The Associated Press, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WVII (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5) and The Free Press reported the director of the National Park Service will come to Maine later this month to gauge support for possible presidential designation of privately owned land in the Katahdin region as a […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on Maine Day, the University of Maine’s annual campuswide spring cleanup tradition. UMaine community members took part in a “Star Wars” theme parade, completed service projects aimed at sprucing up the campus, enjoyed a free barbecue, competed for the oozeball — mud volleyball — championship, and participated […]
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, spoke with National Public Radio’s “Marketplace” for the report, “Billions in aid for low-income seniors go unclaimed.” The number of seniors living in poverty has increased during the last few years, and today more than […]
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Mainebiz reported the University of Maine and Portland-based Kepware Technologies unveiled the Kepware Digital Systems and Robotics Laboratory in Barrows Hall on Tuesday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new lab will offer hands-on classes through the university’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering by providing students with hardware and software development tools to design and […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event hosted by the UMaine Circle K club. The group has held the event for the last six years on Maine Day to raise awareness and funds for pediatric cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about the risk of Zika virus in Maine. Dill said it’s unlikely anyone will contract the virus in Maine this summer, adding the mosquito species known to carry the disease isn’t found here, and mosquito surveillance efforts […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported Winthrop-based company Alba-Technic has advanced to the second round of competition to develop new shock absorbing materials to save lives. The company is one of five winners out of more than 100 applicants of the Head Health Challenge, a collaboration of the NFL and other entities to try and […]
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