Pankaj Agrrawal, associate professor of finance at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Sun Journal article about shares of Verso Corp.’s stock dropping as low as 7 cents Friday. Verso earlier announced it would eliminate 300 jobs at the Androscoggin Mill in Jay this winter and when Verso’s stock dropped to 15 cents […]
Read more
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report about reactions from Maine’s Congressional District in response to House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation announcement. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said while there had been talk about Boehner being challenged by members of his caucus […]
Read more
In light of the University of Maine Black Bears playing their first home football game on Saturday, WLBZ (Channel 2) featured a segment on a free Football 101 for Women workshop offered earlier in September by UMaine football coach Jack Cosgrove.
Read more
WABI (Channel 5) reported a hike and memorial ceremony to honor fallen service members from the University of Maine and surrounding communities will take place Saturday, Sept. 26. The Summit Project (TSP) event will remember service members with a walk from the Maine Veterans’ Home in Bangor to Alfond Stadium on the UMaine campus for […]
Read more
David Clark, a physics lecturer at the University of Maine and member of the Penobscot Valley Star Gazers, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about the rare total lunar eclipse of a supermoon that will take place Sunday, Sept. 27. The specific eclipse has occurred only five times since 1900 and won’t happen again until […]
Read more
The Free Press reported social commentator and political activist Jim Hightower will deliver the University of Maine History Department’s 24th annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture on Oct. 1. The national radio commentator, public speaker and New York Times best-selling author will give the talk, “Twenty-First Century Populist Movements are Flourishing at […]
Read more
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report on how Maine voters could see a record number of ballot questions next November. The citizen initiatives, which range from measures aimed at welfare and tax reform to raising the minimum wage and […]
Read more
Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about how Maine’s fall foliage season, as well as the peak apple harvest, are at least a week behind schedule because cool temperatures are just starting to arrive. But the current sunny, dry […]
Read more
The Free Press reported “From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley,” a showcase for young musicians that is broadcast weekly on Maine Public Radio, will be recorded live at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 at the University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts. Renowned violinists and American fiddlers Mark and Maggie O’Connor will perform […]
Read more
Randy Smith, farm manager of Aroostook Farm, one of five experimental farms operated by the University of Maine, spoke with the Associated Press for a report about Aroostook County’s potato crop. Farmers in the county say the amount of rain and sun was perfect this year, as the three-week harvest begins, according to the article. […]
Read more