The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Christopher Burns, a University of Maine undergraduate student studying English. Burns writes for The Maine Campus and The Key Reporter and will work as a BDN intern this summer. His article is titled “If you build internships, young people will stay. Here’s how Bangor-area colleges, businesses, […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article on the Maine Republican State Convention that will be held Friday and Saturday, April 25–26 in Bangor. Brewer spoke about the party’s proposed platform, calling it a “pretty standard Republican platform” that’s unlikely to turn off […]
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Maine Career Connect, a Bangor-based nonprofit program of the University of Maine’s ADVANCE Rising Tide Center, was cited in the Bangor Daily News editorial “Let’s ensure Mainers don’t become an endangered species.” The article states the new program will work to create a consortium that will help facilitate employment opportunities for spouses of UMaine faculty […]
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The University of Maine’s Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium in Wingate Hall will hold its final show April 27, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported. The planetarium, which has been open to students and the public since 1954, will close its doors as the university prepares to open the new Emera Astronomy Center in […]
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James McConnon, a University of Maine economics professor and a business and economics specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for a report about an increase in the number of women who own businesses. According to the report, the number of women-owned businesses in Maine has grown by 34 […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a new scholarship fund started by the Maine Steiners, the University of Maine’s oldest a cappella group. With the establishment of the Maine Steiners Vocal Music Scholarship Fund, the group became the first performing arts student organization to establish an endowed scholarship fund with the University of Maine Foundation. “We […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and The Maine Edge previewed the 20th annual HOPE Festival that will be held Saturday, April 26 at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. The festival, which stands for Help Organize Peace Earthwide, is put on by the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine as a way to […]
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The Associated Press spoke with Rick Wahle, a University of Maine research professor at the Darling Marine Center, and cited UMaine research for a report about the steady decline in the number of baby lobsters settling off the coast of Maine and how the decrease could put an end to recent record catches. The article […]
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The latest post on the Portland Press Herald blog, “The Franco-American blog: News and notes from Maine’s French culture,” focused on the upcoming University of Maine spring symposium, “In and Out of Place: Finding Home in Franco America.” UMaine’s Franco-American Centre and Franco American Studies program will host the series of free events April 25–26 […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, was quoted in the CTW Features article “Avoid the snack traps.” Camire said to get the most nutritional benefits from snacks, people should look at their eating habits and decide what types of foods are lacking and make up for […]
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