Gov. John Baldacci announced the Department of Energy has awarded Ocean Renewable Power Co. a $10 million grant to fund a commercial-scale tidal energy development project in Cobscook Bay near Eastport, according to Smart Energy News. As a partner in the project, UMaine researchers are supervising the program, which incorporates state-of-the-art visual and acoustic monitoring […]
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The Sporting News’ college basketball preseason edition has picked the UMaine men’s basketball team to finish first in the America East conference, while Athlon Sports Basketball Preview magazine picked the Black Bears to finish fourth. UMaine returns 11 players, including four starters from last season’s team that placed third in America East and tied for […]
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Ivan J. Fernandez, a UMaine professor of soil science and cooperating professor of forest resources, has been named a 2010 Soil Science Society of America Fellow. He will be recognized at an awards ceremony during SSSA’s annual meeting Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Long Beach, Calif. Fellows are selected based on professional achievement and meritorious service. […]
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UMaine football player Steven Barker, who is back on the field after receiving a medical hardship waiver from the NCAA for a sixth season of athletic eligibility, is profiled as the Black Bears enter Saturday’s 1 p.m. game against Monmouth in West Long Branch, N.J.
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Maine Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler could be trouble as the campaign heats up, UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer told the Lewiston Sun Journal in a story Friday about Cutler’s lagging poll numbers in the Maine governor’s race. Brewer also said Cutler’s struggles could mean positive strides for Democratic candidate Libby Mitchell, who was 14 […]
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Contact: Corie Washow, (207) 353-5550 or 1-800-287-1458, or corie.washow@maine.edu A national program aimed at helping farmers, farm workers and farm family members with chronic health conditions or disabilities continue to farm successfully and live independently is now available in Maine through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Maine AgrAbility, a collaboration between UMaine, Goodwill Industries […]
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The annual study of issues related to poverty in Maine was released on Thursday in Bangor. The report, authored by Ann Acheson of UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, indicates that poverty is particularly acute in Maine’s rural counties. Acheson was interviewed for stories reported by the Bangor Daily News, WVOM radio, WABI television, WLBZ […]
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Test your garden’s soil in the fall to prepare for spring planting, UMaine Cooperative Extension gardening expert Barbara Murphy advises in a how-to video available on the Extension website.
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The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition is planning a retirement celebration from 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 at the Buchanan Alumni House for Richard Cook, a member of the food science and human nutrition faculty and part of the UMaine community for 45 years. Judy Polyot in Hitchner Hall is accessible by telephone […]
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UMaine research into the connection between nanodiamonds found in Greenland ice and a climatic event 12,900 years ago that occurred around the same time as the disappearance of animals such as mammoths and saber-toothed tigers was cited in PopSci.com, the online version of Popular Science magazine. Scientists from UMaine’s Climate Change Institute took samples from […]
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