University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for a Kennebec Journal article profiling Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Benjamin Pollard of Portland. Brewer said among Pollard’s immediate goals should be establishing name recognition, given his limited political experience. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 5 (WABI) aired a report on the high-altitude balloon launch over the weekend by several University of Maine engineering students and some from Bangor High School. The experiment was funded by the Maine Space Grant Consortium with support from NASA. Electrical and computer engineering professor Rick Eason was interviewed for the report. He said […]
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Charles Kittridge, former agricultural engineer with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for 31 years until his retirement in 1986 will receive the 2012 Barbara Hikel Award for exemplary volunteer service to the university after retirement. He’ll receive the award during a luncheon Tuesday, June 5 at noon with UMaine President Paul Ferguson at the […]
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The University of Maine women’s basketball program, which recently completed its 2012 recruiting season, has been ranked 36th in the nation out of 342 teams by the NCAA Division-I women’s basketball teams’ Chris Mennig, national scouting director with Blue Star Basketball. The Black Bears locked up three student-athletes from the United States in the fall […]
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University of Maine women’s track and field standout Corey Conner has been named to the CoSIDA District I Cross Country and Track and Field All-Academic First Team. Conner, who advanced to the NCAA Championships which will be held June 6-9, is the 2012 America East Champion and conference-record holder in the 5,000 meters. She recently […]
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University of Maine football standouts Michael Cole and Justin Perillo have been named to the 2012 College Football Performance Awards’ Watch Lists, according to the Maine Black Bears website. Cole, a junior defensive lineman from North Brunswick, N.J., was a Second Team All-CAA selection last season. He led the conference with 11.0 sacks and had […]
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The Maine NEW Leadership program, a University of Maine initiative that aims to educate and empower women to become civic and political leaders, will be held June 1-6 on the UMaine campus and also in locations in Augusta and Skowhegan. Twenty-nine undergraduate college women will participate in the intensive residential training program targeting the next […]
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More than 200 students and science teachers from Bangor, John Bapst, Old Town, Mount View and Sumner Memorial high schools who have been conducting research on mercury in local watersheds will present and explain their findings at a poster session at John Bapst High School in Bangor at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 25. The […]
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Ellen Libby, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator in Knox and Lincoln counties overseeing 4-H Youth Development and Healthy Lifestyles programs, and UMaine Extension educator Caragh Fitzgerald this week participated at the invitation of the Maine Commissioner of Agriculture in an event at the Blaine House governor’s mansion. The event highlighted school gardens and Libby’s […]
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University of Maine music professor and pianist Phillip Silver will be joined May 29-31 by fellow music faculty member and cellist Noreen Silver and acclaimed violinist and music professor Solomia Soroka of Goshen College in Indiana for a CD recording of music from the German-Jewish composer Bernhard Sekles. Sekles was an influential pedagogue who founded […]
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