WABI TV, June 28, 2012 – Comments from Political Scientist Amy Fried are featured in a local news interview taped following the Supreme Court decision upholding the Obama administration’s health care reform legislation. View the video here.
Bangor Daily News, Jun 27, 2012 – Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition, comments on the merger of state governments’ agriculture and conservation departments. Read the full story here.
Science360, Jun 26, 2012 – The Northeast Regional Migration Monitoring Network has spent 2 years mapping the use of the Gulf of Maine by migrating songbirds. View a video featuring UMaine professor of biology and ecology Rebecca Holberton and her graduate student, here.
Women in Academia, April 24, 2012 – Ten women faculty at the University of Maine have been featured on the Women in Academia website in a posting describing recent promotion and tenure awards. Read the story here.
UMaine News Release, March 30, 2012 – The Women’s Resource Center has been selected as one of three national pilot sites for FabFems, a collaborative aimed at increasing interest in STEM careers among middle school and high school girls. Read the news release here.
WVII TV, March 26, 2012 – Nutrition professor Dorothy Klimis-Zacas described the cardiovascular benefits derived from consumption of wild blueberries in an interview for the 6 pm news. Read the story here.
Morning Sentinel, March 26, 2012 – Renae Moran, Cooperative Extension fruit tree specialist, was interviewed by The Associated Press recently regarding possible damage to Maine’s apple crop from wide temperature fluctuations. Read the story here.
Kennebec Journal, February 27, 2012 – A 2010 study by Mary Davis, adjunct professor of economics, was noted in a recent story linking an increase in toxins in our air to an increase in productivity in Maine pulp mills. Read the full story here.
Bangor Daily News, Feb 21, 2012 – Sharon Tisher, a faculty member in the Economics department who specializes in Environmental law and policy, testified in Augusta recently in opposition to LD 1810. The bill has stirred controversy as it seeks protections for landowners when environmental regulations impact property values and limit use. Click here to read the full story.
Bangor Daily News, Feb 19, 2012 – Lee Karp-Boss and her spouse, Emmanuel Boss, recently described their 2 1/2-year ocean expedition on the Tara, a research vessel operated by a 15 nation collaborative. Read the full story here.
