The Portland Press Herald carried an Associated Press story Friday about the University of Maine’s offshore data-collection wind buoy being ready for testing in the ocean.
UMaine plans to commercialize the system, which will examine whether off-shore locations are suitable wind resources for wind farms.
A Bangor Daily News story about growing local interest in beekeeping cites the importance of University of Maine Cooperative Extension expertise.
University of Maine economist Jim McConnon is cited in a Lewiston Sun Journal story on the new U.S. Census data that show Maine gained slighted and Massachusetts grew significantly.
Director of Multicultural Programs Judith Josiah-Martin’s May 21 community presentation on Indian Island on the realities of opiate dependency was covered by WLBZ (Channel 2).
The Maine Edge interviewed University of Maine economics professor Todd Gabe and cited his 2012 study on the economic effects of Bangor’s Waterfront Concerts series.
The newest entry in the Bangor Daily News blog “Education: Future Imperfect,” by UMaine Professor of History Howard Segal is online.
Mainebiz reported Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a $3 million effort started in 2011 to create innovation hubs in Maine, is now being run by Maine Technology Institute. The University of Maine, MTI and Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development are the three main parties under the Blackstone agreement.
WABI (Channel 5) previewed the upcoming Clean Sweep Sale at the University of Maine. Lisa Morin, coordinator of the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, and UMaine student Robbie Bickford spoke about preparing for Friday and Saturday’s sale. Items were donated by the university or students who moved out of the dorms at the end of the semester. Proceeds will benefit programs and services offered by the Black Bear Exchange and the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism.
The Ecologist interviewed Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, and Robert Steneck, professor in the School of Marine Sciences at UMaine’s Darling Center, for the article “Fishing the Gulf of Maine: Tradition at a Crossroads.” Bayer spoke about lobster bait while Steneck spoke about the complex Gulf of Maine ecosystem.
Recharge News reported the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is interested in a direct-drive permanent magnet prototype wind turbine created by Goldwind, a Chinese vendor. Elizabeth Viselli, communications director at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, told Recharge the technology is promising and the center is interested in Goldwind’s tests.
