Cooperative Extension Conducting Organic Milk Research
UMaine is looking at ways to help dairy farmers meet the demands of the market.
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National Endowment for Arts Posts UMaine Hudson Video Online
A University of Maine Hudson Museum video of an interview with Passamaquoddy basketweaver Molly Neptune-Parker of Princeton, Maine, was posted on the National Endowment for the Arts website as part of an announcement that Neptune-Parker was named one of nine National Heritage Fellows. The video was created by the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance and the […]
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Technology Research Center Opens in Old Town
New project will connect private industry with UMaine researchers in order to validate, demonstrate and help commercialize developing fuel, chemical and advanced material technologies from forest bioproducts.
Read moreFarley Op-Ed Defends STEM Schools
An opinion column by University of Maine associate professor of computing and information science Jonathan Farley about the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science appeared in the Portland Daily Sun newspaper. Farley, who is also a math consultant and a member of the advisory board for Baxter Academy, argued that schools specializing in science, technology, […]
Read morePhilosopher’s Column Discusses Values, Money
An opinion column in the Bangor Daily News by University of Maine professor of philosophy Michael Howard used analogies to characterize the needs and wants of the poor in the context of the economics principal of declining marginal utility. He discusses differences between items or experiences considered “pleasers” or “relievers,” and the balance based upon […]
Read moreNewspaper Interviews Student About Egypt Election Aftermath
University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs graduate student Ian Henderson of Hampden, who is currently serving a research internship in Cairo, Egypt, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News about what he’s been seeing firsthand as Egypt held its first democratic election last week. Henderson called the atmosphere over the weekend “electric” […]
Read moreScience360 Posts UMaine Migratory Bird Video
The Science360 website has posted a University of Maine research video featuring Rebecca Holberton, professor of biological sciences and a migratory bird expert, and several UMaine graduate students studying how climate change, land development and alternative energy initiatives may be affecting migration patterns of songbirds crossing the Gulf of Maine. The work is part of […]
Read moreAcadian Stewardship Internship Class Starting July 16
Fourteen interns, about half of whom are international graduate and undergraduate students, will take part in the 2012 Acadian Internship Program in Regional Conservation and Stewardship course July 16-Aug. 22. Based in Acadia National Park, the annual program is co-sponsored by the University of Maine, with participation from nearly 10 UMaine faculty and staff members […]
Read more134 UMaine Athletes on American East Honor Roll
The America East Conference has announced that the University of Maine had 134 of its winter and spring student-athletes named to the 2011-12 America East Honor Roll. Students had to earn grade-point averages of 3.0 or higher to receive the recognition. Out of those 134 student-athletes, 74 were named to the America East Commissioner’s Honor […]
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World Affairs Through The Eyes of Interns
School of Policy and International Affairs degree program transports and transforms UMaine graduate students.
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