In interviews with Portland Press Herald and Maine Public, Erin Percival Carter, associate professor of marketing at the University of Maine, said economic uncertainty can make shoppers more responsive to holiday sales because feelings of scarcity influence buying decisions. She noted that people often turn to small, affordable luxuries during stressful times, a pattern known […]
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Billy Obenauer, associate professor of management at the University of Maine’s Maine Business School, shared his insights with WalletHub on the current balance between employers and job seekers in the labor market. Obenauer explained that while the hiring landscape slightly favored employees in recent years, increases in labor force participation and a modest rise in […]
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Sebastian Lobe, University Foundation Professor of Investment Education and associate professor of finance in the Maine Business School, was featured in WalletHub discussing why car insurance requirements differ widely among U.S. states. Lobe explained that because each state sets its own regulations and minimum policy limits, differences arise from factors such as cost of living, […]
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University of Maine alumnus Themis Violaris returned to Orono this fall to help make the university’s homecoming one of the biggest ever celebrations, with more than 1,200 former students registering to attend, a record for UMaine. Violaris brought with him two record-setting drone light shows that turned the sky over Orono into a spectacle of […]
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Jason Entsminger, assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Maine Business School and a University of Maine Cooperative Extension small business specialist, spoke with Midstory about the role of agritourism in rural economies for a story on the growing popularity of corn mazes in Ohio. Entsminger highlighted how local policies and zoning […]
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Editor’s note: This story was updated on Oct. 20. At the beginning of the spring 2025 semester, Samuel Seekins was uncertain about what career he wanted to pursue. By the end of the summer, he became a licensed property and casualty agent in Maine at the age of 20. Seekins, a senior from Oakland, is […]
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When Sam Seekins enrolled at the University of Maine, he didn’t expect to take a course that would have him working with one of the country’s fastest-growing beverage brands. But this fall, that’s exactly what he and his classmates are doing. As part of The Business of Handcrafted Beverages, an Advanced Research Learning Experience (ARLE) […]
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A story from U.S. News and World Report highlighted programs at the University of Maine that feed into the blue economy. Those include the bachelor’s degree in marine science with options to specialize in aquaculture, marine biology or physical science, MaineMBA that offers a blue economy concentration. U.S. News interviewed Jason Harkins, executive dean of […]
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A total of 15 students from the University of Maine were given the opportunity to study abroad in Germany, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Sweden after having been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Gilman- MCain Scholarship during the 2024-25 academic year. The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship […]
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Denys Romashchin, an undergraduate business student at the University of Maine who is originally from Ukraine, was featured in a segment of “Maine Calling,” a show produced by Maine Public, to talk about the Ukrainian community in the state.
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