The University of Maine Center on Aging recently received two grants from the United Way of Eastern Maine to continue two popular programs, the Center’s RSVP organization of community volunteers over the age of 55, and the RSVP Bone Builders exercise education program.
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A report that appeared Portland television station WCSH about the boost cruise ships provide to local businesses noted research done by UMaine economists Todd Gabe and Jim McConnon. The 2008 study found that each cruise ship passenger spends between $80 and $110 in port. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The University of Maine Center on Aging Director Len Kaye was interviewed for a Channel 7 (WVII) news report titled “Maine Eldercare” on why the state of Maine was ranked so high in a national AARP study of long term care services and support for older adults. The association rated Maine 8th in the nation. […]
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A 2008 UMaine study about the impact of cruise ship tourism in Maine was noted in a Portland Press Herald story about a new cruise ship pier in Portland. The study, by UMaine economists Todd Gabe and James McConnon, estimated that every 47,000 passengers generate 69 to 96 jobs in the local economy. Contact: Jessica […]
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Cod Academy, a year-long program in Maine that was launched by the Maine Aquaculture Association in partnership with UMaine and others, was featured in a Voice of America radio report. The academy teaches students who to manage a floating fish farm. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Prof. Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at UMaine, was interviewed this week for a WVII television story about a new initiative involving some Maine lobster distributors. Those businesses are shipping lobsters to China, for a premium price. Bayer points out that shipping such distances is complicated and costly, requiring specialized containers and […]
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The website Futurity.com had a story about a recent study, which included UMaine research, that looked at drill cores taken from Greenland’s ice sheet to determine that Earth’s climate is capable of very rapid transitions. UMaine Ph.D. candidate Aaron Putnam contributed research to the project, which was led by Cardiff University in Wales, U.K. The […]
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Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper had a story about the correlation between online ratings of professors and official evaluations of professors’ teaching. The story noted research published in 2007 by Ted Coladarci and Irv Kornfield, who compared rating systems for UMaine professors and found a strong correlation between the two systems. Coladarci is a professor […]
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Faculty development and diversity specialist Joann Moody will visit UMaine on Tuesday Sept. 13 through Thursday Sept. 15. She will conduct a series of small group sessions involving College of Liberal Arts and Sciences chairs, directors and peer committees on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday she will meet with people in similar roles in the […]
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Marybeth Allen of the UMaine Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders recently was named the Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year by the National Stuttering Association (NSA). The association recognized Allen during its annual meeting in Fort Worth, Texas for her outreach and organization efforts on a national level on behalf of youths who stutter.
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