Sandy Butler, professor of social work, and graduate assistant Alison Ashley will present information from their research on Tuesday, Nov. 2 into the worsening shortage of home health care aides at a time when needs are growing. They have interviewed women who work in these challenging, low-paying jobs to see why they stay and why […]
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Contact: Jim Settele, 581-1835 ORONO – The presidents of the University of Maine and Dickinson College, a top liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, have signed an articulation agreement to formalize academic collaboration in areas of mutual strength and interest. The new arrangement will facilitate priority admission of Dickinson students into the UMaine Master of Arts […]
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A Portland Press Herald opinion piece about the cost of welfare in Maine, written by Envision Maine President Alan Caron, cites research by UMaine economist Philip Trostel. Caron, who argues welfare spending is higher than stated in previous stories published in the Press Herald, included statistics that came from a report by Trostel.
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Comments from UMaine business professor Harold Daniel were included in MPBN and Bangor Daily News stories about broadband access in rural areas of Maine. Daniel said broadband access is crucial for the economic health of rural areas.
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Contacts: Paul Myer, 581-1992; Kathy Welch, 866-7227; Michele Goldman, 866-3423 ORONO — A Maine Business School faculty member and a UMaine graduate assistant are partnering with the Orono Village Association to conduct a marketing analysis and create a new growth plan for the downtown. Paul Myer, executive in residence lecturer in the business school, and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Maine Office of Innovation director Catherine Renault will visit the University of Maine on Thursday Oct. 28 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Renault will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members. The […]
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Bill Nemitz’ Friday Portland Press Herald Column examines issues related to a study by UMaine economist Todd Gabe, who looked at the potential economic impact of an Oxford County casino.
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John Mahon of the UMaine Business School faculty was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about Maine’s ranking at the bottom of a recent Forbes magazine survey of business-friendly states. Mahon said he thought the ranking reflected the lack of a plan for sustainable economic development and a lack of effort in attracting business […]
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The Village Soup website cited a study done by UMaine’s Center on Aging that shows the legal needs of the elderly are on pace to outweigh available resources in the next few years. Lenard Kaye, the director of the Center on Aging, was one of the primary authors of the report.
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Contact: Len Kaye, (207) 262-7920; Jaye Martin, Legal Services for the Elderly, (207) 621-0087 ORONO — A recent study of legal needs of aging Mainers by the University of Maine Center on Aging has confirmed that the number of older people needing legal services will outweigh available resources in the future. Up to half of […]
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