The University of Maine Museum of Art and George Kinghorn, the museum’s director and curator, were included in a Portland Press Herald article about Art Basel, a popular art fair in Miami Beach, that attracts artists, curators and gallery directors from all over the country. Kinghorn, who came to Maine from the Museum of Contemporary […]
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Jonathan Rubin, a professor of resource economics and policy at the University of Maine, was quoted in the MediaPost article, “Plunging gas prices put consumers, retailers in a holly jolly mood.” Although businesses and consumers are enjoying the cheaper cost, Rubin said the public is “incredibly shortsighted” in that “there can be serious long-term consequences” […]
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Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about elderly suicide for an article on a murder-suicide in Gouldsboro that involved a 65-year-old and his 75-year-old wife who had suffered from painful and degenerative arthritis for several […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Maine Harvest for Hunger program had its most successful year in 2014, as more than 300 volunteers donated 240,937 pounds of fresh produce to 104 organizations from York County to Piscataquis County. Since the program’s inception in 1999, volunteers have provided more than 1.8 million pounds of fresh fruits […]
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The Iberdrola USA Foundation, along with Fundación Iberdrola, is accepting scholarship applications for master’s studies in energy and/or the environment at the University of Maine and University of Rochester for the 2015–2016 academic year, according to a press release. The Iberdrola Scholarship Program is open to graduate students who plan to pursue studies in renewable […]
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Three student members of the University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC) at the University of Maine recently won a competition that involved caring for a simulated pediatric patient at the annual Midcoast Atlantic Partners EMS Seminar in Rockport, Maine. Melissa Dufault, Alana Silverman and Ryan Buckley competed against several medical response teams with years of service […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the launch of the “Historical Atlas of Maine” at the University of Maine. The atlas is a new geographical and historical interpretation of the state, from the end of the last ice age to 2000, that culminates a 15-year scholarly project led by UMaine researchers. UMaine historian Richard Judd and […]
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John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for the report, “In Maine, more hipsters choosing life on the farm.” Rebar spoke about the increase in farming among younger adult couples. “Certainly in Maine, farmers under the age of 35 have increased 40 percent, when […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WVII (Channel 7), WLBZ (Channel 2), Q106.5, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) and WABI (Channel 5) were among several news organizations to report comments made by Robert Dana, the University of Maine’s vice president for student life and dean of students, in response to a report about Christmas decorations that were […]
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Sandra Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, spoke with United Educators about peer education at UMaine for the article, “Student-to-student interactions help campuses manage risks.” Caron said when she came to UMaine in 1988, she focused peer education on visible groups such as athletic teams and Greek organizations. In […]
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