Contact: Mary Camire (207) 581-1627; David Munson (207) 581-3777 With type 2 diabetes on the rise in Maine, UMaine Food Science and Human Nutrition researcher Mary Camire and graduate student Amy Henderson are studying the ways in which common foods may reduce the risk of developing the disease. Utilizing a $61,700 grant from the Gustavus […]
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Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Steve Adam 581-2262 Five members of the Sargent family, spanning four generations, were honored at the University of Maine’s Francis Crowe Society Induction Ceremony on December 16 for their successes in engineering and their family’s ever-growing list of accomplishments in the construction trades. UMaine College of Engineering alumni Herbert Sargent, James […]
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Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Peter Sexton 764-3361 UMaine Cooperative Extension Crops Specialist Peter Sexton’s expertise has played a key role in examining biodiesel as an alternative form of energy in Northern Maine. Working through a cooperative arrangement with the Presque Isle consulting firm Regent Associates, he contributed to a feasibility study for the Houlton Band […]
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Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Jayendran Rasaiah 581-1179 UMaine professor Jayendran C. Rasaiah was recently recognized for his many contributions to eletrolyte theory and thermodynamics research when he was elected by his peers into Fellowship of the American Physical Society (APS). No more than one-half of one percent of APS members are elected to Fellowship, which […]
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Contact: Contacts: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The UMaine School of Performing Arts’ Music Division has created a new jazz studies minor, to be introduced in the fall of 2006. Karel Lidral, associate professor of music and director of jazz studies at UMaine, says the new program will substantially round out music […]
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Contact: Contact: Willie Grenier, (207) 287-7548; Charlie Armstrong (207) 581-2940 Note: a JPEG image of the agriculture license plate is available on request. ORONO–Etna artist Charlie Armstrong has volunteered his talent and time to help make the Maine Ag Tag
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Contact: Michael Dennett, (207) 581-3213, or Laura Wilson (207) 581-2971 or (800) 870-7270 ORONO, Me. — Environmental educator Michael Dennett wants to teach your class or group about storm water runoff. Dennett uses hands-on models and interactive activities to show how runoff from lawns, rooftops and driveways pollutes our streams and rivers via storm drains. […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt, (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — International literacy consultant Blair Koefoed of New Zealand will be the featured speaker and group leader at the annual Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Institute sponsored by the Center for Literacy at the University of Maine. The Saturday, Jan. 7 conference takes place at the Kennebec Valley […]
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Contact: Associate Extension Professor Donna Lamb, (207) 564-3301 ORONO, Me. — The University of Maine’s J. Frank Witter Center has developed hay rebaling technology that promises to raise profits for Maine hay producers and increase hay availability for livestock owners. Hay producers like to harvest hay in large round bales, rather than small rectangular (known […]
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Contact: Amy Stevens, 581-1891; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — An effort to collect and preserve the stories of generations of former workers at Eastern Fine Paper Mill in Brewer is entering a new phase, as the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine has received renewed funding from the Maine Humanities Council to sustain […]
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