Ellen Libby, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator in Knox and Lincoln counties overseeing 4-H Youth Development and Healthy Lifestyles programs, and UMaine Extension educator Caragh Fitzgerald this week participated at the invitation of the Maine Commissioner of Agriculture in an event at the Blaine House governor’s mansion. The event highlighted school gardens and Libby’s […]
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University of Maine music professor and pianist Phillip Silver will be joined May 29-31 by fellow music faculty member and cellist Noreen Silver and acclaimed violinist and music professor Solomia Soroka of Goshen College in Indiana for a CD recording of music from the German-Jewish composer Bernhard Sekles. Sekles was an influential pedagogue who founded […]
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New evidence suggests that Atlantic cod may have the ability to affect entire food webs in both benthic and pelagic marine ecosystems.
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UMaine campus to feature works from Taiwan, New Zealand and Maine artists.
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Student’s research suggests assumptions about faults may need to be reevaluated.
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Humility trumps arrogance when it comes to offering assistance to others.
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UMaine is building a new facility to support the Black Bears’ baseball and softball teams, according to a report in the Bangor Daily News. The facility will be a batting pavilion, funds for which were raised from private donors. The batting facility will be available for use by youth baseball and softball teams in the […]
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The Triton newspaper in Florida cited University of Maine blueberry research in an article about the many health benefits of wild blueberries. The article referred to UMaine research establishing that blueberries have antimicrobial properties that can counter foodborne pathogens like salmonella or E-coli. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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A telephone interview with University of Maine history professor Howard Segal by Irish radio talk show host Sean Moncrieff of newstalk 106-108 FM was aired May 22. In Part 4 of the program, which is available on the Internet, Segal discussed with Moncrieff the difficulty of creating utopian societies in spite of efforts from early […]
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The University of Maine has committed $1,000 in scholarships for 17 students who win a drawing during the 9th Annual Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) Student Conference Thursday at UMaine. Ten scholarships are bring offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, five from the School of Computing and Information Science, and two from […]
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