Contact: Jim Settele, 581-1835 “The Promise & Problems of Transparency” is the title of the William S. Cohen Papers Forum 2010 on Friday, Nov. 12, featuring a panel of journalists, government representatives and academics discussing an issue of importance to Maine’s former U.S. Representative, Senator and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, a Bangor native. […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art has created the Photo National 2011 exhibition to run June 23 – September 17, 2011. This highly competitive exhibition will feature a survey of contemporary photography from throughout the United States. The exhibition will be juried by George Kinghorn, director and curator of the University of Maine Museum […]
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Contact: Jim Settele, (207) 581-1835 The UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs will host Ambassador John K. Veroneau, former Deputy United States Trade Representative and a University of Maine alumnus, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. in the D.P. Corbett Business Building for a discussion on the law and politics of a global economy. He […]
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Contact: Vicky Blanchette 581-2204 or 944-2695 The College of Engineering at the University of Maine is holding an event today at 3 p.m. to dedicate the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Student Design Project Laboratory. The dedication will be held in Room 1 of Boardman Hall. The donor, Alton Hamm, will arrive about 2:30 p.m. […]
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Artist Reza Safavi (http://www.hi-reza.com/) will give a talk on Tuesday Nov. 9 at 7 p.m., in Room 100 Lord Hall. He will talk about his current interactive art projects and collaborations. Using a variety of media to create interactive displays, Safavi explores the ways in which technology influences human perceptions, social behavior and other aspects […]
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Contact: Robert Meulenberg, (207) 581-2245 or Robert.meulenberg@umit.maine.edu The University of Maine will by next summer have in place a state-of-the-art magnetometer with which it will be possible for faculty members in several science disciplines to perform high-resolution magnetic and electrical experiments. The superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer, known as a SQUID magnetometer, will reach temperatures […]
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UMaine professor of soil science Ivan J. Fernandez, who recently received a distinguished lifetime appointment as a Class of 2010 fellow in the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), presented the Sergei A. Wilde Distinguished Lectureship in Forest Soils at the International Annual Meetings of the SSSA Nov. 3 in Long Beach, Ca. This is […]
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Contact: Vincent Caccese, (207) 581-2131 ORONO — Engineering researchers at the University of Maine are receiving more than $533,000 in grant funding to create a new biomechanical laboratory to help test and evaluate injury-reduction, repair and rehabilitation equipment under development by several small Maine companies. The lab will employ a family of state-of-the-art crash test […]
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Contact: Robert Causey, (207) 581-2782 ORONO — University of Maine animal and veterinary science researchers are receiving nearly $500,000 to establish a unique research, testing and education center that promises to substantially advance the diagnosis, treatment and understanding of particularly problematic animal diseases. The project, funded by a $497,392 Maine Technology Asset Fund grant, will […]
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UMaine’s Malcolm Hunter, professor of wildlife resources and Libra Professor of Conservation Biology, traveled to Washington D.C. to give a Wednesday Nov. 3 talk at the National Conservation Leadership Forum. That is a group tasked by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with developing a “National Fish and Wildlife Climate Adaptation Strategy.”
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