James Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was featured in a nationally syndicated column by Bangor writer Sarah Smiley. Smiley often writes about her family and their Dinner with the Smileys tradition of getting to know someone over a meal. Dill, who was invited to share a meal and […]
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An economic impact study on Maine’s craft beer industry that was commissioned by the Maine Brewers’ Guild and conducted by two professors at UMaine’s School of Economics was the focus of a Mainebiz article. The study found the state’s craft beer industry could double in the next four years. It also found that Maine breweries […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Campus lifestylers, easy access to guns: A cocktail for violence at US colleges,” by Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine, and Deborah Rogers, a UMaine English professor. The column originally appeared in Times Higher Education.
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The Weekly Observer spoke with Trent Schriefer, a 4-H youth development professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about the 4-H Safety Saturday to be held in Springvale on May 31. The free program will cover ATV, bicycle, tractor and fire safety, as well as offer CPR instruction. Schriefer said organizers view the event […]
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The Cape Cod Times reported the Maine Steiners, the University of Maine’s oldest a cappella group, will headline “A Cappella Fest” at Falmouth High School in Falmouth, Massachusetts on May 22. The group is scheduled to perform with Hawkapella from the University of Hartford in Connecticut and Falmouth High School’s Soulfege.
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the second annual Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day, which is organized by the University of Maine Humanities Initiative and open to the public at various locations Saturday, May 17. Free events include TEMPO youth string ensemble performances at the Maine Discovery Museum; graphic novel author and illustrator Jimmy Gownley at […]
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Leslie Forstadt, a child and family development specialist and associate Extension professor with the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension, and Philip Trostel, a UMaine economics and public policy professor, were quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Report: Enrollment in pre-kindergarten increasing steadily in Maine.” Forstadt spoke about the multiyear effort by pre-kindergarten advocacy groups […]
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The second annual Maine Humanities Summit was advanced in the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s “State of the Arts & Sciences: May 2014” newsletter. The University of Maine Humanities Initiative (UMHI) and the Maine Humanities Council will host the summit in Augusta on May 16. This year’s event will focus on ways humanities administrators, faculty and […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Liam Riordan, a University of Maine history professor, board member of the Maine Humanities Council, and incoming director of the UMaine Humanities Initiative (UMHI); and Gibran Graham, a member of the Bangor City Council, founder of PechaKucha Bangor and board member of River City Cinema. The […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “Cut parents some slack, already” by Amy Blackstone, an associate professor and chairwoman of the University of Maine’s Sociology Department. Blackstone also is a member of the Maine Regional Network, part of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges […]
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