The VillageSoup website had a story about a new online resource, provided by the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant, that will help those who own waterfront land understand and manage their risks. Kristen Grant, a southern Maine marine extension associate, said landowners who advised Sea Grant on the project suggested a need for information on coastal […]
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The Bangor Daily News had a story about UMaine’s Muslim Student Association, which recently raised $4,000 to send to the Humanitarian African Relief Organization. The organization coordinates the delivery of food and water to drought-stricken camps, town and villages. Three UMaine students who are members of the organization, including Vice President Abdu Traheem Sbayi, were […]
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According to a report in the Bangor Daily News, the UMaine men’s hockey team donated $500 to Operation Community Support, a group for the families of military men and women who have been deployed. Maine National Guard soldiers, many of whom will soon be deployed, and their families will attend Saturday night’s game at Alfond […]
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Regional media covered Thursday’s announcement that James Page of Old Town, a UMaine adjunct professor of philosophy, has been named the chancellor of the UMaine System. The Portland Press Herald noted Page has been a member of the UMaine Board of Visitors and UMaine Foundation. In a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report, Page said […]
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Executive Director of Facilities, Real Estate and Planning Elaine Clark will be leaving the University of Maine to become the vice president for real estate and infrastructure planning at the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities Board of Regents for Higher Education beginning March 1.
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The international news organization Reuters published an op-ed column by University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried and UMaine communication and journalism professor Michael Socolow about the controversial decision by Maine Republican Party leaders to conclude that Maine endorsed Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential favorite despite incomplete caucus results last week. The […]
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Richard Barron, the head coach of the University of Maine women’s basketball team, had his head shaved for the Play4Kay Initiative after Wednesday’s game against Hartford at Alfond Arena.
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Cranberry research by University of Maine food science and human nutrition professor Vivian Wu and colleagues were cited in a blog in the Huffington Post about the multiple health benefits of antioxidant-rich cranberry juice. In addition to improving cardiovascular health, cranberries also fight infection. Wu studies ways cranberries can be used to slow or eliminate […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and blueberry specialist was interviewed form a Bangor Daily News report on the 2011 blueberry harvest in Maine. Yarborough said he expects the delayed but forthcoming USDA tally to conclude last year was a normal year for blueberry growers, with crops estimated at more than 80 million pounds. Contact: […]
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The status of energy production and use in Maine, and the major components of the state’s energy policy, are summarized in a new paper published today by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. “Energy in Maine”, written by Policy Center research associate Catherine Dickerson, focuses on energy consumption and production […]
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