University of Maine at Presque Isle News

In today's Countdown to Copenhagen post, Donald N. Zillman looks back at predictions he and his fellow authors of Beyond the Carbon Economy: Energy Law in Transition made two years ago, and discusses what today's position is in light of next week's COP15 conference.

Maine Fast Fact : On Route 1 at the University of Maine at Presque Isle campus there is a 40-mile-long scale model of the solar system, one of the largest in the world.

Melissa Crowe is a busy business owner. An online professor of creative writing and American literature for the University of Maine at Presque Isle, she also runs Little Pink House, where she sells her trademarked items like wool-felt applique on stretched linen and plush Christmas ornaments, and a vintage shop with business partner Jennifer Player ...

The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory has received a $1.73 million stimulus grant to significantly expand the cyberinfrastructure in Maine for research and education.

Two University of Maine Presque Isle runners will be leaving for Washington State next week and the NAIA National Championships.

MacKay was part of Giles' effort to preserve the veterans' history of World War II.

A 2008 University of Maine at Presque Isle graduate is headed to Uganda to discuss a study he completed this summer that concluded spending money on family planning, rather than on more conventional green technologies, would be more cost-effective in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions.

Leaders of Maine's public higher education institutions are warning that the proposed cuts in state aid as the result of lower state revenues will result in layoffs and fewer students over the next two years.

I found this story to be interesting as it shows a great project using technology to benefit genealogists all over the country, possibly overseas as well.

Officials at the University of Maine at Presque Isle and in U.S. Sen. Susan Collins' office are excited about the potential for a solar energy development project that will reduce both the school's energy costs and its carbon footprint.

The more than 60 people who attended a meeting to discuss the development of the Maine Rail Plan told state officials on Tuesday evening that the most pressing statewide and regional rail issue facing them is the fear that Aroostook County may lose vital railroad track in the near future.

Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, stands under the windmill at the University of Maine at Presque Isle recording the swishing sound of the turning turbine.

After a successful first year using grant money to help develop and improve culturally responsive retention strategies for its American Indian students, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will spend three days next week showcasing its success and moving forward with bigger plans for the coming years.

Want to learn how to turn communities into greener, healthier and more energy-efficient places? Sign up for the first Cool Congress, a conference from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

In an effort to gain global perspective on education, the University of Maine at Presque Isle has signed an agreement that will eventually send students into another hemisphere.

Congress has designated September 17th as Constitution Day in honor of the September 17th, 1787 signing of the document.

18--PRESQUE ISLE, Maine -- Even if you did not get to the concerts, most people who live in Aroostook County can remember the three Phish music festivals that took place in Limestone in 1997, 1998 and 2003.

Even when the country is not in a recession, life in Aroostook County is challenging.

This fall, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will take a look back at the three Phish events hosted at the former Loring Air Force Base in nearby Limestone.

This fall, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will take a look back at the three Phish events hosted at the former Loring Air Force Base in nearby Limestone.