Anna Assenmacher, a graduate student in UMaine’s Maine Business School, was interviewed for a WABI-TV about the MBS Corps toy drive, which collected about 150 toys for local children whose parent might not be able to afford toys during the holidays. The MBS Corps is the volunteer outreach and social responsibility arm of the Maine […]
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A Bangor Daily News article about the SteriPEN, a compact water purifier which was recently named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 All-Time Gadgets, noted that some of the research for the device was done in laboratories at UMaine in the department of molecular and biological sciences. The article noted that the company turned to […]
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Andrei Strukov, a UMaine instructor of Russian and an instructional technology development specialist and web developer at UMaine, was in a photo that accompanied a Bangor Daily News story about Portland’s interest in reviving its relationship with the Russian city of Arkhangelsk, Russia. Strukov was acting as a translator during a meeting Wednesday of Portland […]
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The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program will hold its annual open house exhibition, titled this year “Converging Paths: Intermedia MFA Art Walk” on Thursday, Dec. 15 from 5-7 p.m., beginning at Lord Hall.
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Tom Taylor, the chair of UMaine’s department of public administration, commented in a story on the Bangor Daily News website about the recent wave of fraud by municipal officers and town officials. Taylor said he would like to see increased professionalism, including the hiring of town or city managers to work on finances and other […]
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed UMaine’s Mary Madden, an education professor who in 2008 released with fellow faculty member Elizabeth Allan a national report on hazing, in a story about the hazing of band members at a Florida university. Madden said it takes a lot of courage to come forward to report hazing because of the […]
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The magazine Education Week includes an article co-written by Maja Wilson, a lecturer in UMaine’s College of Education and Human Development. The article focuses on the Common Core, a national K-12 academic standards initiative that has been adopted by Maine and most of the other states in the U.S. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried’s blog Pollways was noted in a column on the Atlantic Magazine website. Atlantic linked to a Fried blog post in which she discussed U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe’s reelection campaign and what the campaign is doing to enroll voters as she faces a possible threat in the Republican primary. Contact: Jessica […]
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An article in the Bangor Daily News about a proposed liquid natural gas terminal in Down East Maine cited a UMaine study which found an LNG terminal would create 90 operational jobs, 350 construction jobs and 230 “indirect” jobs in the region. The study was prepared in 2005 by UMaine economists Todd Gabe and Jonathan […]
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Bill Kuykendall and Joline Blais of UMaine’s New Media Department were mentioned in a Village Soup online story as they discussed citizen media makers and the use of media to engage people with their own community during a meeting of the Orono-based nonprofit group Maine Rural Partners. Kuykendall called for a collaborative approach among professional […]
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