Contact: Paul Myer, (207) 581-1992) ORONO — The Maine Business School has announced the team members heading to Montreal, Canada Jan. 3-8 to compete in the annual Molson MBA International Case Competition, an event in which UMaine business students typically perform well. Team members are Nicole Gogan of Orrington, Joseph Kellner from Hampden, Mass. and […]
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An article in the Dec. 8 edition of the Bangor Daily News about Legal Services for the Elderly attorney Julie Millet in Bangor, and the increase in the number of older people needing legal services, cited a recent study by the University of Maine Center on Aging that established a growing need. Legal Services commissioned […]
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The Wicked Local newspapers in Massachusetts report that Jon Sorenson of Boxford, Mass. was one of four people recently honored with a UMaine Stillwater Society Presidential Award. Sorenson, a 1986 UMaine graduate, was recognized along with Prof. Habib Dagher and UMaine alumni benefactors Russell and Barbara Bodwell. The Stillwater Society honors those who have “made […]
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The Bangor Daily News website features a report on a Thursday morning UMaine presentation by Jestina Mukoko, the executive director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project. That organization works to assess and monitor human rights abuses in that country. She is currently serving as the 2010 Human Rights Fellow at Colby College’s Oak Institute for the […]
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Contact: Amanda Missud, 251-3011; Meghan McCarthy, 841-1596 Members of Habitat UMaine, UMaine’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity, are camping out in a homemade shanty in front of Memorial Union today through Friday, Dec. 3, as part of the annual “There’s Snow Place Like Home” fundraiser. Teams of four students will each spend a night braving […]
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Contact: 581-1454 Jason Harkins of the Maine Business School faculty and expert on entrepreneurship is the speaker scheduled for a small business seminar Wednesday, Dec. 1 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Foster Center for Student Innovation at UMaine. The discussion is free and open to all students, faculty, staff and others. Harkins will speak about […]
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Prof. Nory Jones of the UMaine business faculty was interviewed for a Monday WABI television story about online shopping during the holiday season.
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Comments from UMaine School of Economics professor Philip Trostel are included in a PolitiFact Ohio story assessing Gov.-elect John Kasich’s criticisms of the state’s public education system. Referencing a report that Trostel developed, Kasich says that Ohio spends to much money on school administration and not enough on classroom instruction. State education officials say that […]
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Jim McConnon, UMaine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics, was interviewed for a Nov. 22 news report on Channel 5 (WABI) about consumer shopping forecasts in advance of Nov. 26, the traditional Black Friday shopping bonanza, which can help retailers bolster their businesses and put ledgers in the black. McConnon and Nory Jones, associate […]
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Nory Jones of the UMaine business faculty was the primary source for a Friday WLBZ/WCSH television story about marketing strategies that retailers employ in the few days following Thanksgiving.
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