Marcia Douglas, UMaine School of Performing Arts (SPA) professor of theater and director of the student production “How I Learned to Drive,” which is being performed at the Cyrus Pavilion, was interviewed for a Channel 7 (WVII) report. Douglas said the adult content of the play could put off some members of the audience, but […]
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Two University of Maine faculty members were interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about a new UMaine class that examines the science of brewing beer. Brian Perkins, a laboratory director and research assistant professor with UMaine’s Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and Jason Bolton, a food safety educator and assistant Extension professor […]
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Renate Klein, an associate professor of human development and family studies at the University of Maine, was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article on how the families of clients of accused prostitute Alexis Wright in Kennebunk might cope with the fallout of a family member being implicated. Klein said the question of whether names […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a Hartford Courant article about former University of Maine President Robert Kennedy, who recently resigned as president of the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, returning $25,000 in what was described as an unvouchered expense account. Kennedy resigned earlier this month in the midst of a controversy over improperly […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Executive Director John Rebar and UMaine economist Todd Gabe will be part of a Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce Early Bird Breakfast panel discussion Wednesday morning about bond issues and the upcoming election. Bond Question 2 includes funding for a proposed animal, plant and insect diagnostic laboratory at UMaine along […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts is presenting an evening of performance featuring the works of celebrated and lesser-known women composers at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24 in Minsky Recital Hall in Class of 1944 Hall. Works by Hildegard of Bingen, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, UMaine professor of music Beth Wiemann, Ellinor Peterson, Madeleine […]
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UMaine Greens, a new student group that will manage the University of Maine greenhouse for winter greens production and student research on campus, invites students and the campus community to a Food Day event from noon to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24 in the gardens near the Littlefield Nursery behind the University Credit Union on […]
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Clean water will be the theme of the third annual ChemFest community outreach program Thursday, Oct. 25 at Aubert Hall at the University of Maine. As many as 100 area high school students and their teachers are expected to attend from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. for an evening of creative chemistry demonstrations designed to […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension experts around the state are available to discuss several seasonal story ideas for news reporters, ranging from putting the garden to bed for the winter, buttoning up and weatherizing the house, whether to bother raking leaves and Halloween food safety precautions and safe, fun and creative activities for children. Gardening […]
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In a story on The Atlantic Cities website, UMaine economist Todd Gabe was mentioned as having researched how workers in three broad types of jobs — knowledge-based creative class jobs (in science and technology; business and the professions; and arts, design media, land entertainment) lower-skill routine service jobs (in food preparation and retail sales for […]
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