UMaine Unveils New Strategic Plan
The “Blue Sky” plan reaffirms university’s leadership and importance to Maine.
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Study Finds Link Between Women in Power, Sexual Harassment
“Power-threat” theories suggest that women in authority may be more frequent targets.
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From the Lab to the Field
The Aquaculture Research Institute launches a mussel raft to investigate potential disease benefits for farmed salmon.
Read moreFried Op-Ed Assesses U.S. Chamber King Attack Ad
In her Bangor Daily News blog Pollways, University of Maine political scientist and commentator Amy Fried discusses flaws in the logic and message of a U.S. Chamber of Commerce attack ad vilifying former Maine Gov. Angus King, who is running for U.S. Senate. Fried called the ad “weird” and “nonlogical.” Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Read moreMedia Coverage of Student Hiking Death
Several news organizations, including the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom, continued coverage of the accidental death Saturday of UMaine student Shirley Ladd, who fell from a mountain trail in Acadia National Park. The CBS News Travel Section also carried a report. Local news stations Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed Jeff Hunt, […]
Read moreGardner Interviewed for Composite Deck Patent
Channel 7 (WVII)interviewed University of Maine professor of wood science and technology Doug Gardner at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center about a manufacturing process for composite materials designed to advance the longevity of deck and fence construction materials. Gardner, UMaine research colleagues Chris West and Yousoo Han, and a researcher in Pennsylvania received a […]
Read moreReport on Death of Honors College Dean
The Bangor Daily News reported on the death Monday of Charlie Slavin, longtime UMaine Honors College dean and mathematics professor. The report included comments from state Rep. Emily Cain, an Honors College graduate who now works there as the coordinator of advancement. A University of Maine news release has additional information. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
Read moreRadio Report Highlights Organic Milk Research
A report on Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio features University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems Rick Kersbergen, who is involved in a U.S. Department of Agriculture study on improving the marketability of organic milk. Kersbergen said the study looks at trying to decipher what forages and what pasture mixes […]
Read moreUMaine Researchers Featured in Museum Video
University of Maine Climate Change Institute researchers Aaron Putnam and Toby Koffman are among those featured in a video being shown at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City about how a new technique called surface exposure dating can help them analyze how the climate has changed over time. The video “Shrinking […]
Read moreUMaine Honors Dean Passes Away
Charles Slavin, dean of the University of Maine Honors College and an associate professor of mathematics, died unexpectedly this morning in his Orono home. He was 58. Slavin joined the UMaine mathematics faculty Sept. 1, 1984. He was named director of the Honors Program in 1997. Among the many achievements during his tenure as director […]
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