UMaine News

A Saturday Portland Press Herald story about Mainers affected by the tragedies in Japan included comments from Keiko Myer of the UMaine purchasing staff and Paul Myer of the business school faculty.  Keiko, who moved to Maine from Japan in 2003, learned Friday that her family members are safe.  Paul, who lived in Japan and […]

Marjie Harris of UMaine’s School of Social Work was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about the seriousness of older adults’ substance abuse, which will be the focus of a daylong conference April 1 in Northport. Harris says the conference will explore ways social workers and others can help older Mainers live without drug […]

UMaine social work Professor Sandra Butler’s research into Maine’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program was mentioned in a Biddeford Journal Tribune editorial about the state’s budget priorities. The editorial says state government should be careful in how much it cuts funding for such welfare programs because, according to the research conducted by Butler and […]

Comments from Marcella Sorg of UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, an expert on illegal drug use in Maine, were included in a Saturday Bangor Daily News story about opiate addictions and the impact of those drugs on people and communities.

UMaine was one of four college campuses around the state to host the fifth annual Junior Achievement of Maine’s Titan Challenge business simulation, according to a Lewiston Sun Journal article. Nearly 75 Maine high school students participated in the event, which is aimed at increasing students’ understanding of the business world.

UMaine College of Business, Public Policy and Health Dean Ivan Manev wrote a column, “Prosperity starts with business,” in Saturday’s Bangor Daily News.  It was the first installment in the newspaper’s “The Deans of Business” feature, a series of columns to be written by Manev and the business deans at Husson University and the University […]

A Waterville Morning Sentinel op-ed column about the possible repeal of Maine’s Kid-Safe Products Act mentioned a study by UMaine economist Mary Davis. According to the column, written by a Colby College student, Davis calculated the legislation could save the state an average of $1,350 per child every year in reduced health care and economic […]

John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of Business Policy and Strategy and professor of management in the Maine Business School, was interviewed for two recent articles published by America.gov — “Corporate Reputation Matters” and “Companies Bank on Trust.”  Mahon, an authority on corporate responsibility, credibility and reputation, says businesses too often neglect to continuously […]

Information from a UMaine study about the costs associated with winter snow removal was included in a Bangor Daily News story about how communities are dealing with snow removal this year. The study, which was done by Jonathan Rubin, professor of resource economics with UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and School of Economics, found […]