UMaine News – Monday, November 23, 2009
NEW CANADIAN STUDIES CHRONOLOGY PUBLISHED The Canadian-American Center at UMaine has published a new book chronicling the history of Canadian studies at the University of Maine. “A History of Canadian Studies at the University of Maine” was written by UMaine history professor emeritus Robert Babcock. Babcock chronicles the historical and programmatic development of the Canadian Studies Program at the UMaine from its origins in the early 20th century to its position today as a designated National Resource Center on Canada. A news release has additional information at http://www.umaine.edu/news/blog/2009/11/20/new-canadian-american-studies-history-published/.
SPEAKER TO DISCUSS ISRAEL-PALESTINE HUMAN RIGHTS Ms. Hadas Ziv, 2009 Visiting Oak Fellow at Colby College’s Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights and executive director of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel), will speak on “A Two-State Solution: Can Health be a Bridge to Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?” today at 11 a.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union, a lecture sponsored by the UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs.
UMAINE TO HOST 22ND ANNUAL BEEF CONFERENCE The 2009 Beef Conference “Cattle Health: Putting the Pieces Together” Dec. 5 at the Ramada Inn in Bangor is designed to address health issues seen in beef herds across the region. In today’s challenging economic climate, having healthy cattle provides producers with production advantages. Healthy animals have increased weight gain and carcass quality, better reproductive performance and reduced culling rates and death loss. The conference begins at 8 a.m. with registration and an agricultural trade show. For more information, call Dee Potter, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, at 1-800-287-1421 (in state) or 207-834-3905.
BAYER PERSPECTIVES INCLUDED IN LOBSTER BAIT ARTICLE Comments by Bob Bayer, professor of animal and veterinary sciences and director of the Lobster Institute, about new herring catch limits prompting experimentation with alternative lobster bait were included in an article in the weekend’s Maine Sunday Telegram.
‘SLANKET’ FEATURED IN WEEKEND BANGOR DAILY NEWS The Bangor Daily News on Saturday carried an article about the success of the “Slanket,” a sleeved blanket conceived by UMaine alum Gary Clegg in Kennebec Hall on a cold winter night in 1997. Clegg was back on campus recently speaking with students about innovation and marketing.
HOLBERTON RESEARCH CITED IN SONGBIRD MIGRATION ARTICLE Gulf of Maine bird count research by Rebecca Holberton of the UMaine School of Biology and Ecology was central to an article about songbird migration corridors across the Gulf of Maine in the online Kansas City “infoZine” journal on Sunday. An extraordinarily large number of species have been counted on Maine islands during seasonal migration, according to Holberton.
‘YANKEE’ FEATURES EXTENSION’S PLANT A ROW VOLUNTEERS Yankee Magazine November/December 2009 Issue recognizes Bill and Anna Spiller of Wells, Maine as Angels Among Us 2009 for their continued participation in the Maine chapter of the national Plant a Row for the Hungry program, coordinated by University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Details are included in a Yankee Magazine video. For more information on the program visit www.extension.umaine.edu/plant-a-row.
EXTENSION’S HUTTON IN WINTER FARMING ARTICLE An article in today’s Portland Press Herald about greenhouses extending the growing season for some Maine farmers includes comments from UMaine Cooperative extension vegetable and crop specialist Mark Hutton. Hutton says consumer interest in locally grown vegetables could be fueling a demand being filled by local growers.
MAYEWSKI CLIMATE CHANGE INTERVIEW IN ‘SCIENCEPOLES’ SciencePoles, the scientific Web site of the International Polar Foundation, recently published an in-depth interview with Paul Mayewski, director of the UMaine Climate Change Institute, in which the glaciologist and climatologist discusses abrupt climate change, the difference between natural and human-induced climate change, and the potential severity of the human impact on global climate.