The Bangor Daily News has reported on the new advanced composting facility at the University of Maine, which is expected to convert as much as a ton per day of dining hall food scraps to soil enhancers for university gardens and farms.
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A Portland Daily Sun article about the growth of Bangor Waterfront Concerts included a reference to a recent study by University of Maine Professor of Economics Todd Gabe, who found that the outdoor performances have generated more than $30 million in local spending, in addition to other economic benefits over the last three years.
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For the second year in a row, UMaine’s women’s basketball Coach Richard Barron has issued a challenge to the Black Bear community. If the “Play4Kay” cancer benefit reaches its $10,000 goal, he’ll shave his head following the women’s basketball team’s annual Play4Kay game at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Harold Alfond Sports Arena. […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed George Kinghorn, University of Maine Museum of Art director and curator, and Steven Evans, UMaine associate professor of English and coordinator of the university’s New Writing Series, for an article about Kinghorn’s friend Richard Blanco, the inaugural poet from Bethel, Maine.
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The website Science360 featured a University of Maine cold-water coral research video on its home page. The video includes interviews with School of Marine Sciences Research Assistant Professor Rhian Waller, who has been scuba diving for coral samples in extreme cold-water environments around the world, and marine sciences student Keri Feehan, who has been assisting […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried a Maine Sun Journal article that included observations from University of Maine Professor of Finance Richard Borgman about foreclosures and liens in the state’s housing market.
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Several news organizations across the country, including the New England Cable News and the Seattle Times, carried reports about the University of Maine’s new composting facility, an automated composting unit that can convert more than 1 ton of organic waste per day from campus dining facilities to rich soil amendments that will be used in […]
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The University of Maine’s ninth annual International Dance Festival, showcasing an array of traditional music, dance and costumes of some of the 400 international students at UMaine, is set for Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Collins Center for the Arts. Two free performances of dances from around the world are scheduled at 2 p.m. and […]
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UMaine students involved in latest scientific breakthrough in Antarctica.
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