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UMaine News – Tuesday, November 17, 2009
UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE $2 MILLION GIFT Alston D. “Pete” Correll and Ada Lee Correll of Atlanta, Georgia, have provided a $2 million gift to the University of Maine. The gift will be directed to four key areas at UMaine, where Pete Correll received two master’s degrees in engineering, one in 1966 and one in 1967. The Corrells are highly respected community leaders and philanthropists in their home state of Georgia, where they were recognized last week as “Philanthropists of the Year” by the Atlanta chapter of the Association for Fundraising Professionals. A UMaine news release has additional details.
UMAINE ACCEPTED INTO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION Recognizing the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s international prominence in climate science, the prestigious University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) has selected UMaine for membership. UCAR and its associated National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) work to foster greater understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere and the systems that affect it. UCAR is a nonprofit association of research universities. A news release has additional details here.
UMaine in the News
NORWEGIAN FIRM’S UMAINE VISIT COVERED The Bangor Daily news carried an article in today’s edition about the Norwegian oil and energy firm Statoil’s visit to the University of Maine and the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center this week. Center Director Habib Dagher says he hopes the company, the university and state government can collaborate on an offshore wind power project currently in the planning stages. Channel 2 (WLBZ) is expected to report on the visit in its evening news broadcast today.
ENERGY SPEAKER CITES UMAINE WIND POWER COLLABORATIVE In a talk over the weekend in Rockland, Ocean Energy Institute co-founder Matthew Simmons described ocean energy research as part of the solution to a looming global energy crisis. Ocean Energy is working with the state and the University of Maine to develop a pilot wind power research and development project off the Maine coast. The Midcoast’s Herald Gazette carried an article about the discussion on Monday.
EXTENSION SUPPORTERS OBJECT TO COUNTY BUDGET CUT Supporters of the Piscataquis County Cooperative Extension office in Dover-Foxcroft endorsed the services the office provides the region and asked county commissioners Monday to avoid a proposed budget cut that could cripple the office. The Bangor Daily News reported details from a public hearing in an article today.
