Charles Kittridge, former agricultural engineer with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for 31 years until his retirement in 1986 will receive the 2012 Barbara Hikel Award for exemplary volunteer service to the university after retirement. He’ll receive the award during a luncheon Tuesday, June 5 at noon with UMaine President Paul Ferguson at the […]
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The University of Maine women’s basketball program, which recently completed its 2012 recruiting season, has been ranked 36th in the nation out of 342 teams by the NCAA Division-I women’s basketball teams’ Chris Mennig, national scouting director with Blue Star Basketball. The Black Bears locked up three student-athletes from the United States in the fall […]
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The global energy organization Iberdrola USA Foundation and the Fundacion Iberdrola Scholarship Program for Energy and Environment Postgraduate Studies in the United States announced the awarding of fellowships to University of Maine Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student Matthew Burns and a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Burns studies the feasibility of deploying […]
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An article in the Portland Press Herald about the beginning of the cruise line season in Maine noted that a University of Maine School of Economics and UMaine Cooperative Extension study of the economic benefits of cruise line visits to Maine ports is substantial. The 2008 study found that 47,000 passengers from 31 ships added […]
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University of Maine astronomer and professor of physics Neil Comins was interviewed for a Channel 2 (WLBZ) news report Thursday on the privatization of space travel as a trend of the future. Thursday’s successful splashdown of the privately owned commercial spacecraft, Dragon, after resupplying the International Space Station, was the inaugural sign of what’s to […]
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The science website Phys.Org has posted a University of Maine news release about the results of a study overseen by University of Maine School of Economics Director George Criner on the contents of garbage in a sampling of more than 15 Maine communities. Researchers found that 60 percent of what’s typically thrown in the trash […]
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University of Maine women’s track and field standout Corey Conner has been named to the CoSIDA District I Cross Country and Track and Field All-Academic First Team. Conner, who advanced to the NCAA Championships which will be held June 6-9, is the 2012 America East Champion and conference-record holder in the 5,000 meters. She recently […]
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University of Maine football standouts Michael Cole and Justin Perillo have been named to the 2012 College Football Performance Awards’ Watch Lists, according to the Maine Black Bears website. Cole, a junior defensive lineman from North Brunswick, N.J., was a Second Team All-CAA selection last season. He led the conference with 11.0 sacks and had […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed by the Portland Press Herald for the MaineToday Media group report about the U.S. Senate candidacy of former Secretary of State Matt Dunlap of Old Town. Brewer said Dunlap’s personal history and performance as a member of the Maine House of Representatives brings genuine legitimacy to […]
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A column in the Portland Press Herald describes a “sensory science” experience her children had at a recent University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H workshop led by Extension food science specialist and professor Beth Calder. Calder introduced a group of youngsters to sensory and taste testing of different types of Oreo cookies, and encouraged the […]
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