Handling the Effects of Abrupt Climate Change
A new graduate program funded by NSF will focus on the need to adapt policies and strategies to meet social and environmental needs.
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Business Professor to Outline New Western Maine Tourism Effort
University of Maine business professor Nory Jones and three student assistants will explain at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17 a new marketing research project that employs several social networking Internet platforms to help tourism-related small businesses and nonprofits in the western Maine mountains area. Using Facebook, Twitter and a dedicated EcoMaine website, Jones and […]
Read moreGulf of Maine Buoy System Awarded Grant to Continue Ocean Monitoring
Coastal, maritime and marine science communities, including researchers at the University of Maine, will benefit from federal funding of $2 million recently awarded to the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Observing Systems, known as NERACOOS. The Gulf of Maine buoy array operated by the University of Maine Physical Oceanography Group under the direction of UMaine […]
Read moreAdvance Coverage of Mitchell Keynote
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Boston Globe websites posted an Associated Press story advancing a keynote address being given Thursday by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell at BIOGEOMON, a conference UMaine is hosting this week in Northport, Maine. BIOGEOMON focuses on the chemical and physical effects of climate change. UMaine soil scientist Ivan Fernandez […]
Read moreGreen Outdoors Profiles Fogler Descendants’ Business
The “Green Outdoors” show on Maine TV stations WCSH/WLBZ profiled the owners of Stonyvale Farm, a group which includes descendants of Raymond Fogler, an alumnus and benefactor for whom the UMaine library is named. The farm, located in Exeter, Maine, is converting cow manure into electricity through a process called as anaerobic digestion. Contact: Jessica […]
Read moreFried Interviewed About 2nd Congressional District Race
Comments from UMaine political scientist Amy Fried appeared in a Portland Press Herald story about the tightening fundraising race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional district. Republican candidate Kevin Raye out-raised incumbent Mike Michaud from May to June, but Fried said Michaud’s popularity will make the race very difficult for a challenger like Raye. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
Read moreUMaine Co-Hosting BIOGEOMON Conference
The University of Maine is one of three hosts of BIOGEOMON, a gathering of international scientists, students and researchers who study how biogeochemical research, including monitoring, modeling and experiments, support an understanding of how chemical and physical climate change influences the environment on our planet. Around 400 people are expected to attend the conference, which […]
Read moreWayne Astbury, 1940-2012
Wayne Astbury, an accountant in the University of Maine’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, passed away on July 1, according to a Bangor Daily News obituary. Astbury had been a UMaine employee for 42 years and was elected a member of the National Association of Accountants in 1968. A celebration of his life will […]
Read moreCoverage of Bridge-in-a-Backpack
The Bangor Daily News reported that the design standards for the Bridge-in-a-Backpack technology that was developed at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center have been accepted for inclusion in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials codes. Center director Habib Dagher, who was interviewed for the story, said the move means a Bridge-in-a-Backpack […]
Read morePolitical Scientist Comments on Summer Polls
UMaine political scientist Amy Fried was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the value of summertime political polling. Fried said the most recent polls taken about the race for U.S. Senate and the issue of legalizing gay marriage set up identifiable dynamics and can have an impact in fundraising. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]
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