Engineering News-Record (ENR) reported three ocean engineering firms in January completed testing of wave energy converters, gauging how they will respond to severe offshore storms, at the University of Maine’s Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab. The lab, which opened in November, houses the world’s first offshore wind-wave test basin with a rotating open-jet wind […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a talk by NASA astronaut and Caribou native Jessica Meir at the Collins Center for the Arts to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle’s final flight. Meir spoke to about 600 Maine schoolchildren, according to the report. “I really think it’s important to try and instill in […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported young fans of the Animal Planet TV show “North Woods Law” will have the chance to learn some outdoor skills from their favorite Maine Game Wardens again this summer at Camp North Woods. The University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond will host two sessions of […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported MFGR LLC, a limited liability corporation that shares an address with a Connecticut-based asset liquidator, has purchased the shuttered Expera Specialty Solutions pulp mill in Old Town. Expera spokeswoman Addie Teeters declined to say what would happen to the University of Maine’s Technology Research Center, which opened about five years […]
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The Los Angeles Times reported Jennifer Moxley, an English professor at the University of Maine, is one of five finalists for Claremont Graduate University’s $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. The prize is awarded to a mid-career poet of a current book, according to the article. Moxley is being recognized for her book, “The Open Secret.”
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Jim McConnon, a professor of economics at the University of Maine and with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on WERU Community Radio’s “Maine Arts Alive” public affairs program. The live, hour-long, call-in show celebrates artists and arts organizations throughout Maine. The show focused on artwork pricing and what goes into […]
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The University of Maine’s new financial aid program, Flagship Match, was mentioned in a WLBZ (Channel 2) report on a University of Maine System Board of Trustees meeting where members discussed ways to bring more young people to Maine. UMaine’s Flagship Match, which is geared toward out-of-state students in New England, is a competitive scholarship […]
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Several University of Maine partnerships and projects were mentioned in the Mainebiz article, “U.S. R&D grows more than GDP.” Research and development expenditures in the United States totaled $456.1 billion in 2013, according to new data from the National Science Foundation, which at 3.2 percent is a higher growth rate than the 2.2 percent for […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the third annual School of Performing Arts (SPA) Fundraiser Pops Concert, “Astonishing! The Songs and Stories of Broadway’s Best,” set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Collins Center for the Arts. The event will feature a 50-member student, faculty and alumni orchestra, as well as 30-plus vocalists, performing […]
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Frank Wertheim, an associate professor of agriculture and horticulture with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by RFD-TV about the Maine Harvest for Hunger program. For 15 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s statewide program has organized gardeners, farmers, businesses, schools and civic groups to grow, glean and donate high-quality produce to distribution […]
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