The Bangor Daily News published an article about former UMaine track and field standout Viktoriya Rybalko, now an assistant track coach at UMaine, who is scheduled to compete Aug. 7 in the women’s long jump in the 2012 Olympics in London. This will be the second Olympics in which she as competed. Contact: George Manlove, […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried a report on a patent several University of Maine researchers received for a manufacturing process for composite deck and fence material. The patent was issued to Doug Gardner, UMaine professor of forest resources; Chris West, a research associate at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center; Yousoo Han, a UMaine assistant […]
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University of Maine professor of computer science and expert in cybersecurity, was interviewed for an article in the Portland Press Herald about the vulnerability of the nation’s cyber infrastructure. The article included comments from U.S. Congresswoman Susan Collins, a co-sponsor of a bill designed to strengthen the country’s defense against computer-borne attacks that threaten economic […]
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Robert Bayer, director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, was interviewed for several news reports on lobsters, which are currently plentiful and inexpensive in Maine. The Manchester Union Leader published a story on Canadian imports of Maine lobsters and The Day of New London, Conn. carried an article, which also appeared in the Bangor […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough was interviewed for an Associated Press article about this year’s bountiful blueberry crop. The report appeared in the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News and on Channel 6 (WCSH). Yarborough said he estimates this year’s crop will yield between 90 million to 95 million pounds of […]
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The Maine Sunday Telegram interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension ornamental horticulturist Lois Berg Stack for a column about early blooming garden flowers. Stack said although some flowers may have blossomed early this year, plenty of late summer and fall flowers have yet to bloom. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Several news organizations, including the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Channel 5 (WABI) (http://www.wabi.tv/news/32134/update-name-of-new-hampshire-hiker-who-fell-off-trail-in-acadia-national-park-released), and Channel 2 (WLBZ) reported on the death Saturday of 22-year-old UMaine student Shirley Ladd, who died from injuries suffered in a fall in Acadia National Park earlier in the day. Ladd, a psychology major with a minor in business […]
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Jorg Imorger, the director of the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia, will give a University of Maine Correll Presidential Lecture Series keynote address at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3 in Wells Conference Center. The talk is free and open to the public. Imorger’s talk, “Building Resilience: Recognizing There is […]
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University of Maine senior Shirley Ladd from Barnstead, N.H., died July 28 from injuries she sustained earlier that day while hiking in Acadia National Park. She was 22. Ladd was a psychology major with a minor in business administration who worked in the New Balance Student Recreation Center on campus, most recently as a student […]
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The weekly Free Press of midcoast Maine interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension fruit and vegetable specialist David Handley about growing hops for beer. Handley said people who want to grow hops should be cautious and keep in mind that in the early 1900s, exacerbated by the region’s moist climate, an outbreak of downy mildew […]
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