Research being done by Mary Davis, and adjunct faculty member in UMaine’s School of Economics, was cited in a Portland Press Herald story about the safety risks of fishing. Davis has found that about 40 percent of the boats in Maine’s inshore fishing fleet are out of compliance with safety regulations, and 16 percent of […]
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Sandy Butler, a UMaine social work professor, is quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about the Maine gubernatorial candidates’ focus on the issue of welfare. Butler says a report, which claims Maine is the most welfare-dependent state in the nation, did not distinguish between federal aid and state aid.
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Comments from Hugh Stevens of the UMaine School of Economics’ Knowledge Transfer Alliance are included in a Wednesday Bangor Daily News story about the purchase of Monson-based Moosehead Manufacturing Company by a Portland woman. Louise Jonaitis purchased the property at an auction and says she plans to start manufacturing furniture again within a few months. […]
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Contact: Renee Kelly, 581-1401, Deb Neuman, 866-6500 ORONO — The director of the University of Maine’s Economic Development Initiatives is reminding entrepreneurs and inventors throughout the state that many university resources are available to offer new business development advice and information at no cost. “Businesses that would like to work with the university can access […]
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Contact: John Mahon, (207) 581-1968 ORONO — Professional sports franchises and teams are increasingly taking a page from the business community’s playbook and winning in the image game, according to two business management researchers at Boston College and the University of Maine. In the last decade, corporations worldwide have used Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity […]
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Contact: Stephanie Welcomer, 581-1931 ORONO — In more than a decade of public debate about the future of Maine’s forestlands, sustainability has been a linchpin, with stakeholders arguing that it be either reinvented or restored, depending on their view of human-nature relationships. In a new study aimed at better understanding the environmental issues at stake, […]
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Contact: Harold Daniel, 581- 1933; Heather McCarthy, (207) 992-2630 ORONO — The three-day American Folk Festival last year contributed $8.7 million to the Greater Bangor economy, in spite of heavy rain keeping crowds away on one of the days, according to an analysis by the University of Maine-based Center for Tourism Research and Outreach. A […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — Amy Smith of Lincolnville, Maine, is the valedictorian of the Class of 2010 at the University of Maine. She will graduate May 8 with a bachelor’s degree in history. Matthew Bouchard of Lewiston, Maine, is the class salutatorian. Smith is a 1988 Camden-Rockport High School graduate […]
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Contact: Sarah Morehead at sarah.morehead@maine.edu ORONO — The University of Maine School of Economics’ Household Financial Education Program (HFEP) is preparing to take its money management workshop to local schools, beginning later this spring. The school started HFEP in 2008 as a way to extend economics expertise to those managing household budgets during difficult financial […]
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Contacts: Matt Graham, 207-333-7139; Nory Jones, 581-1971 ORONO — Faculty from the University of Maine’s Maine Business School have launched an online survey of Maine businesses to assess the role of “e-learning” as an employee-training tool in the workplace, along with current trends, emerging technologies and the value they provide to organizations. In a fiercely […]
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