UMaine professor of soil science Ivan J. Fernandez, who recently received a distinguished lifetime appointment as a Class of 2010 fellow in the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), presented the Sergei A. Wilde Distinguished Lectureship in Forest Soils at the International Annual Meetings of the SSSA Nov. 3 in Long Beach, Ca. This is […]
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Contact: Vincent Caccese, (207) 581-2131 ORONO — Engineering researchers at the University of Maine are receiving more than $533,000 in grant funding to create a new biomechanical laboratory to help test and evaluate injury-reduction, repair and rehabilitation equipment under development by several small Maine companies. The lab will employ a family of state-of-the-art crash test […]
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Contact: Robert Causey, (207) 581-2782 ORONO — University of Maine animal and veterinary science researchers are receiving nearly $500,000 to establish a unique research, testing and education center that promises to substantially advance the diagnosis, treatment and understanding of particularly problematic animal diseases. The project, funded by a $497,392 Maine Technology Asset Fund grant, will […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 Note: a photo is available upon request. ORONO — A group of 56 UMaine students, joined by Bananas the Bear, UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana and Senior Associate Dean of Students Kenda Scheele, brightened an otherwise-dreary afternoon by staging a Friday “flash mob” […]
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UMaine’s Malcolm Hunter, professor of wildlife resources and Libra Professor of Conservation Biology, traveled to Washington D.C. to give a Wednesday Nov. 3 talk at the National Conservation Leadership Forum. That is a group tasked by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with developing a “National Fish and Wildlife Climate Adaptation Strategy.”
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A Bloodhorse.com story describes concerns about drought-included conditions at the Churchill Downs race track in Kentucky, site of this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup. The story notes that UMaine engineering professor Mick Peterson, an expert on race track surfaces, has been consulting with track officials as they work to prepare the surface and that he will be […]
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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried is quoted in a Friday Bangor Daily News report about the impact of early voting on this week’s Maine gubernatorial election. She also commented in a Maine Public Radio story about the impact of polls on that same election.
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Deb Neuman, director of UMaine’s Target Technology Incubator, is the lead resource in a Maine Edge story previewing the Nov. 10 Invention to Venture symposium, scheduled for the Black Bear Inn in Orono. The symposium will feature an address by David Kappos, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, DC.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — U.S. Marine 1st Lt. James Zimmerman, a 2008 UMaine graduate, was killed Tuesday while serving in Afghanistan. Twenty-five years old, he was commissioned as an officer in the Marine Corps after completing UMaine’s Navy ROTC program. “Lt. Zimmerman was a valued member of the UMaine community, held […]
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The UMaine School of Performing Arts will present the University Singers, conducted by music professor Dennis Cox, and campus choral ensembles Renaissance and the Maine Steiners in concert Saturday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 7 from 2-4 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. The program offers a variety of […]
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