PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 31 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Math educator Joan Ferrini-Mundy was one of eight new members named to the National Science Board, announced by President Biden on October 15. Ferrini-Mundy is the 21st president of the University of Maine and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias. She is also Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation for the University of Maine System. Prior to her presidency, Ferrini-  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 30 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Wind energy project could power more than 2.3 million homes * * * The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday held the first offshore wind lease sale for the Gulf of Maine. The four leased areas off the coast of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, when fully developed, could provide enough clean energy to power 2.3 million homes. Conservation Law Founda  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: Augusta, ME: Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held an energy lease sale on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Maine. The auction resulted in two provisional winners on four lease areas, generating $21.9 million in winning bids. If fully developed, the leased areas have the potential to power more than 2.3 million homes with clean energy. In response, Lea  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 30 -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: A new era for clean energy in New England kicked off today when the federal government announced the results of its first floating offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Maine. Four of the eight available lease areas were purchased by developers, including one in the northern gulf, 53 miles off the coast of Maine. The four leases could support enough offshore wind capacity to   more

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 31 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: In 1954 -- three years before the start of the "space race" between the U.S. and Soviet Union -- the ninth university planetarium in the nation opened in Orono at the University of Maine. It was among the first 20 in the U.S. Built by astronomy professor Maynard F. Jordan, it was a small facility on the second floor of Wingate Hall that only showed stars visible to the naked eye from Earth's surface. That plane  more