UMaine Center in Partnership to Gather Deepwater Offshore Hub Height Wind Measurements in the Gulf of Maine
Researchers are working to develop better sensor technology for assessing deepwater offshore conditions.
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UMaine, ESTIA Hosting Conference on Slow Food
UMaine and ESTIA are hosting a conference that will explore a model for sustainable and healthy living.
Read moreImproving Educational Outreach
Enhancing community educational presentations with peer discussion, clicker technology Clicker technology and peer discussion — two educational tools typically used in school and college classrooms — have positive results when used in educational outreach for adults in the community, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Maine. The study was […]
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New Campus Banners Celebrate UMaine’s Legacy and Land Grant Anniversary
Celebrating UMaine’s legacy and land grant anniversary.
Read moreHomecoming Parade Canceled
The scheduled Blue Skies Ahead parade that was to be held in conjunction of University of Maine Homecoming on Saturday has been canceled due to the rainy weather forecast. The Munson Road entrance to campus that was scheduled to be closed Saturday morning during the parade will now be open. Visit the University of Maine […]
Read moreUMaine Marine Scientist in NYT Iron Fertilization Article
Comments from University of Maine marine scientist Mark Wells were included in a New York Times science blog about a California businessman who undertook his own ecological experiment, dumping 100 tons of iron dust into the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to create a plankton bloom to biologically remove carbon dioxide from the water and […]
Read moreWindpower Website Reports UMaine Research Partnership
The North American Windpower website reported on a new collaboration with the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and the university’s Physical Oceanography Group and NRG Systems Inc., AWS Truepower LLC, and Leosphere SAS to create and deploy laser-based technological equipment off the Maine coast to monitor wind conditions. UMaine will design and […]
Read moreUMaine Students Interviewed for MPBN School Loans Report
Several University of Maine students were interviewed for a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on student loan debt and the prospect of being unable to make payments after they graduate if they cannot find jobs. Music education majors Paul Griffin and Stephanie Beatrice and business and marketing major Sarah Faulkingham said they are already concerned […]
Read moreReport Notes UMaine’s Abbott Joining Marriage Coalition
An Associated Press report posted on the Boston Globe website about new members of Republicans United for Marriage noted that UMaine athletic director Steve Abbott has joined the group in support of same-sex marriage. Maine voters will decide Nov. 6 whether the state will recognize and allow same-sex marriage. Maine Public Broadcasting Network also carried […]
Read moreNews Reports Explain CCA Event Cancellation
The Bangor Daily News and Channel 2 (WLBZ) were among the news organizations to report that the inadvertent omission of a disclaimer about potential game contestants and tickets led to the abrupt cancellation Oct. 17 of “The Price is Right – Live!” at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts. CCA Director John Patches was interviewed […]
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