Niclas Erhardt, associate professor of management at University of Maine, was an expert source for WalletHub’s article that ranked the best and worst cities for professional and college ice hockey fans. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was ranked best and Springfield, Massachusetts was ranked worst. When asked for tips for fans to enjoy the sport without breaking the […]
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Richard Barron, University of Maine women’s basketball coach, commented to the Bangor Daily News on several changes the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Committee approved for the 2015-16 season. Changes include a game format of four, 10-minute quarters (switching from 20-minute halves) and having the bonus (two-shots) come into effect on the fifth foul of each […]
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Many media outlets covered University of Maine System Chancellor James Page and Maine Community College System Acting President Derek Langhauser signing an agreement so students enrolled in any of Maine’s 14 community colleges and public universities can complete as many as 35 credits of their general education requirements and transfer that block of credits, for […]
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The Bangor Daily News compiled “17 rules to live by,” delivered to Maine graduates in recent years by Commencement speakers. Four of the 17 speakers who made the list spoke to UMaine graduates: Tess Gerritsen, 2014; Lawrence Bender, 2013; Stephen King, 2005; U.S. Sen. Angus King, who was then Maine governor, 2002.
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Amy Blackstone, University of Maine sociology professor, was referenced and interviewed in Pacific Standard Magazine as an expert sociologist who studies the child-free. Blackstone has interviewed dozens of people who’ve opted out of parenthood, in which she found that at least half of the child-free subjects reported tensions between themselves and their friends that had […]
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WABI reported on the 47th annual Special Olympics summer games that was hosted at UMaine, where 1,500 athletes came together to compete. The competition began on June 4 with bowling and unified bowling. June 5 consisted of more bowling, bocce competitions, relays and time trials. June 6 events included track and field, which ended June […]
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Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension program, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article focused on various hunger relief programs happening across the state of Maine. “Farmers don’t have time to donate their extra produce, during market. It’s that time of year when they don’t have a spare moment,” […]
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Mark Brewer, political scientist at UMaine, was quoted in an article that appeared in the Portland Press Herald, commenting on Gov. LePage’s analogy comparing Maine’s tax revenue, to a stool with three legs — Income tax, sales tax and property tax. Brewer said that it’s common for politicians to use phrases repeatedly, referring to it […]
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85-year old Alan Switzer, former men’s swimming and diving coach for the University of Maine’s Division I swim team, was feature in an article that appeared in Swimming World Magazine, focused on his extensive career as a swimming coach at Hebron Academy, the University of Maine, and Plymouth State University. Switzer spent 19 years coaching […]
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The Sanford Harmony program, an early-childhood social skills program, was cited in an Education Week blog post about a $20 million anonymous donation made to the San Diego-based National University. The University of Maine is one of nine university partners around the country that is promoting the program and training teachers through a professional development […]
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