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Read moreRetirement party for Dr. Alfred Bushway, Wednesday, August 29
Members of the campus community, current and former students, and representatives from the Maine food industry are invited to join a celebration for Alfred Bushway, Professor of Food Science, who is retiring after 34 years of service to the University of Maine. The dinner will be held on Wednesday, August 29th, 2012, from 5:00 until […]
Read moreUMaine Student’s Obituary Published
The Concord (N.H.) Monitor newspaper published the obituary for University of Maine psychology major Shirley Ladd, 22, of Barnstead, N.H., who died as a result of a fall on a mountainous hiking trail in Acadia National Park July 28. Ladd, who was minoring in business, worked at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center as a […]
Read moreExtension’s Drummond in MPBN Bee Report
Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension entomologist and pollination expert Frank Drummond for a report about his participation in a five-year collaborative study in Maine, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut to help Northeastern fruit growers improve pollination methods, overcome obstacles, and, in Maine, promote the use of wild, native bees by […]
Read moreBrewer, Fried Discuss LePage Messaging Style
An article in the Bangor Daily News on Gov. Paul LePage’s proclivity for making brash statements about his perception of the quality of education in Maine included comments from University of Maine political scientists Mark Brewer and Amy Fried, who said it is unusual for chief executives to make negative — as opposed to positive […]
Read moreArticle Features 4-H Underwater Rover Project
The Norway, Maine, Advertiser Democrat carried an article about an underwater robotic device built by members of Laker Youth Community Action, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H community service group in southern Maine, to monitor lakes for early detection of milfoil and other invasive aquatic plants. The submersible vehicle is framed with PVC pipe […]
Read moreSchoodic International Sculpture Symposium Featured
Channel 5 (WABI) and the Maine Public Broadcasting Network aired feature reports on the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium being held through August at the University of Maine. Sculptors from Maine and around the world gather for the symposium, being held this year in partnership with UMaine. A news release has additional details. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Read moreSegal Comments on Anniversary of A-Bomb Use
University of Maine professor of history Howard Segal was a guest on The Pulse morning radio talk show Aug. 6, discussing the 67th anniversary of American forces dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, to end World War II. Segal offered perspectives (about 2 hours, 5 minutes into the program) on the legacy of […]
Read moreComins Discusses Mars Landing
University of Maine physics and astronomy professor Neil Comins, author of many books on space, space travel, planets and the universe, was a guest on The Pulse morning radio talk show, and discussed (60 minutes into the show) the importance of the nation’s space program and the successful early Monday landing of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity. […]
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