The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine. The article is titled, “Remember Eugene McCarthy’s insurgent 1968 campaign — and the limits of Hillary’s moderation.”
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 22nd annual HOPE Festival that was held at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. With a theme of “Creating the Future: Art and Social Change,” this year’s event focused on creativity. Families enjoyed activities including storytelling, art, poetry, puppets, sculpture and film, according to the report. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the 2016 1st Lt. James R. Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge held at the University of Maine. Four-person teams participated in a variety of physical activities including pack runs, pull-ups and a crawl through a mud pit. The challenge was established in 2011 to honor and remember Zimmerman, a 2008 UMaine Naval […]
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Paul Anderson, director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program and Aquaculture Research Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Las Vegas Sun article about celebrity chef Rick Moonen’s efforts to educate the world about responsible seafood farming and ocean conservation. Wild species of Pacific and Atlantic salmon, which U.S. government sources […]
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WVII (Channel 7) covered a University of Maine sorority’s annual Cystic Fibrosis Carnival. All proceeds from Delta Phi Epsilon’s event — more than $1,000 — went to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, according to the report. Courtney May, president of the sorority, said raising money for the cause is important. “People are living longer than the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine basketball player Sigi Koizar and distance runner Jesse Orach have been honored as 2015–16 America East Winter Scholar-Athlete selections. Orach and Koizar were among five student-athletes recognized for demonstrating excellence both athletically and academically and achieving the two highest grade point averages of the five honorees, according […]
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David Sturm, an instructional laboratory and lecture demonstration specialist at the University of Maine, visited the studio of WVII (Channel 7) for an installment of “Science with Sturm.” To celebrate Earth Day, Sturm demonstrated several experiments related to our planet that are easy to do at home.
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The Weekly Packet reported the European Geosciences Union is honoring University of Maine explorer, scientist and author Paul Mayewski for his achievements in ice research and climatic change. In addition to his research, Mayewski, director of the UMAine Climate Change Institute, is receiving the 2016 Hans Oeschger Medal in Vienna, Austria, for serving as a […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Rick Wahle was quoted in a Gloucester Daily Times editorial that argued American lobsters are not a threat to the Sweden lobster industry and that U.S. officials need to protect the trade market. “Attempts to introduce American lobsters elsewhere have failed,” Wahle was quoted in the editorial. “A newly introduced […]
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A Portland Press Herald editorial criticizing the European Union ban on imports of live Maine lobster cited Robert Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute. “I think what they’re saying, for the most part, is incorrect,” Bayer was quoted as saying in reference to claims by Swedish factions that American lobsters will […]
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