The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the NT Live production of “Man and Superman” will be broadcast at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 4, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Originally scheduled for May 14, technical difficulties forced the postponement of the broadcast of Simon […]
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Mick Peterson, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, spoke with Newsday for a report about the 147th Belmont Stakes thoroughbred horse race held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Belmont is one of several elite tracks at the center of a national movement to push for more precise maintenance and […]
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Mark Hutton, a vegetable specialist and associate professor of vegetable crops with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension; and Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with UMaine Extension, spoke to the Portland Press Herald for an article about how much of New England is experiencing a drier than normal spring. The lack of rain early […]
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A partnership between the University of Maine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) and Aroostook County-based company Ecoshel was mentioned in a Mainebiz article about a grassroots effort to advance the forest products sector and job creation in Aroostook County. Aroostook Partnership for Progress, a public-private organization created to spur economic development in Maine’s northernmost county, is […]
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A 2013 study by Sandra Butler, a University of Maine social work professor, was cited in the Phoenix New Times article, “Will kicking 1,600 off welfare inspire Arizona’s poor to get jobs?” Butler’s study, “TANF Time Limits and Maine Families: Consequences of Withdrawing the Safety Net,” found that Maine’s 60-month lifetime limit for welfare recipients […]
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Richard Brzozowski, a small ruminant and poultry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “In Gardiner, a new slaughterhouse boosts Maine’s agriculture infrastructure.” The recent completion of the dual red meat-poultry slaughterhouse represents a step in the city’s effort to be a center for local food […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a current exhibit at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor called “Andy Warhol: Photographs & Screenprints.” The museum is featuring dozens of works from its permanent collection by well-known American pop artist Andy Warhol through June 6. “He’s pretty significant historically,” said Eva Wagner, education […]
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University of Maine economics professor Todd Gabe’s economic impact studies on Bangor Waterfront Concerts were cited in the Portland Press Herald article “Wave of outdoor concerts signals sonic boom for Portland.” Gabe’s studies found concerts at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor have drawn at least 300,000 concert-goers and brought $48 million into the local […]
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University of Maine student Jessica Henderson wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Financial literacy especially important for children in foster care.” Henderson of Bangor is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in social work and grew up in the state’s foster care system.
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John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report about a proposed rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to crack down on the use of pesticides when bees are on a farm. With about 90 percent of all honeybees living in hives […]
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