Comments from UMaine’s John Mahon were included in a USA Today story which analyzed 2010 Census numbers for the state of Maine. Mahon, a business expert, said the north-south population split revealed in the numbers reflects real regional tensions in that southern Maine residents resent money that goes to northern areas for social services, but […]
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Comments from UMaine business Professor John Mahon were included in a Bangor Daily News story about the ongoing economic effects of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan earlier this month. Mahon said food prices have started to rise on speculation, and the cost of borrowing may also rise as the Japanese are forced to […]
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor of social work, appeared as a guest on Senior Spotlight on Channel 5 (WABI) and on a Channel 7 (WVII) newscast recently to talk about an upcoming conference, “Substance Abuse in Older Adults: An Invisible Epidemic: The 6th Annual University of Maine […]
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UMaine business professor John Mahon of the Maine Business School was interviewed for a Channel 7 (WVII) news report this week on the potential economic effects of the crises in Japan. Mahon says the automotive industry, international debt and oil markets, in addition to reconstruction supplies markets, likely will be affected. The Portsmouth Herald also […]
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Contact: John Mahon, (207) 581-1976 University of Maine business professor John Mahon is available to discuss how events in Japan may affect global, US and even local economies and markets, including tourism. Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy in the Maine Business School, expects fallout could be far-reaching. Among […]
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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 […]
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Contacts: Alice Kelley, (207) 866-3422, (207) 745-6785 or akelley@maine.edu; Paul Myer, (207) 581-3756; Keiko Myer, (207) 581-2697 ORONO — Several University of Maine faculty and staff members are available Friday for media interviews about the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan and resulting tsunami, the possible financial impacts of the natural disaster on one of the world’s […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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