UMaine women’s soccer opened its home season Sept. 5 with a 3-2 overtime win against Sacred Heart, with Maddie Hill, Kelsey Wilson and Courtney Harnais scoring, with assists from Carolyne Nellis. A UMaine news release has additional detail.
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The College Hockey News preseason top 10 poll ranks the UMaine Black Bears at #7 in the country. “That’s right: they’re back, rebuilt, and poised for big things in Orono,” the Web site says. Hockey East rivals Boston College (#1) and UNH (#10) are also ranked in the top 10. Coach Tim Whitehead’s team opens […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension entomologist Jim Dill is the lead resource in a Maine Public Radio story about bedbugs, which are being reported around the U.S. at levels not seen for 50 years. Dill notes that the insects have been confirmed in Maine, including Bangor and Orono. The story includes information about avoiding infestation and dealing […]
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Monday’s Portland Press Herald included a Labor Day op-ed column by labor historian and UMaine Bureau of Labor Education research associate Charles Scontras. In the column, Scontras offers perspectives on the Employee Free Choice Act, currently under Congressional consideration.
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Comments from UMaine economists Caroline Noblet and Mario Teisl are included in a Miller-McCune Magazine story about the recent announcement that the federal government plans to modify the fuel efficiency labeling on vehicles in sales lots. The relevant government agencies are asking for public input on the proposal to post more information about vehicles and […]
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Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was quoted in a Maine Sunday Telegram story about the future of the Ocean Energy Institute following the Aug. 8 death of its founder, Matthew Simmons. Under Simmons’ leadership, the institute has worked to promote and develop ocean-related energy initiatives in Maine, including the […]
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Comments from UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Dick Brzozowski are featured in a Kennebec Journal story about 2010’s “perfect summer for pumpkins.” Brzozowski says that vine crops thrive in hot, dry conditions, as long as they get plenty of water.
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Tuesday’s Lewiston Sun Journal includes a story featuring comments from Cooperative Extension’s David Fuller, talking about late blight and its impact on Maine potatoes and tomatoes. Fuller described Extension research into developing blight-resistant varieties of those crops
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Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes an extensive preview of the 2010-2011 season at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts. The annual gala is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 11, when the Broadway vocalists Christina Saffran Ashford and Norman Large will perform with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra in an 8 p.m. concert.
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All UMaine graduate faculty members, graduate students with their families and support staff members are invited to the annual Graduate School picnic, Wednesday Sept. 14 from 4-6 p.m. This event is scheduled for the Stodder Hall patio, located on the building’s east side. The rain date is Thursday Sept. 16.
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