A Sanford News article about an anonymous benefactor agreeing to match funds donated to the Child Care Services of York County during the next three months cites a study by Philip Trostel, a University of Maine economist. Trostel’s study, “Path to a Better Future: The Fiscal Payoff of Investment in Early Childhood Development in Maine,” […]
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A Morning Sentinel article previewing this week’s Kneading Conference and Artisan Bread Fair in Skowhegan mentioned Ellen Mallory, University of Maine sustainable agriculture extension specialist and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project. Mallory is expected to give a presentation on the regional project and its goal to help farmers increase […]
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An article by The Forecaster on Portland adjusting to cruise industry changes cites a University of Maine study on the economic effects of ships in the city. The 2009 study, which was funded by Portland and conducted by UMaine economics professors Todd Gabe and James McConnon, estimated cruise ship visits contribute between $5.8 million and […]
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Mother Jones carried a Climate Desk report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine, that suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. Oppenheim came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera adult lobsters eating adolescent ones. The Climate Desk is a collaboration between Mother Jones, […]
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Mainebiz reported Terry Porter, an associate professor in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, has won a Fulbright Scholarship to research how and why businesses adopt sustainability practices. Porter will conduct her research at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom in spring 2014.
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The Bloomberg article “Mother of golf prodigy in hazing death defied by FratPAC” cited the University of Maine’s National Study on Student Hazing. The UMaine research says six states lack anti-hazing laws, and at least seven others have statutes that don’t make it a crime in the absence of injuries.
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Nick Brown, director of the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about plans for a third proposed fish farming operation in the fishing village Corea. Brown has been preparing for test studies on black sea bass and California yellowtail — the types of fish Brunswick-based RAS […]
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Mark Brewer, political science professor at the University of Maine, was interviewed for an Associated Press article about Rick Bennett’s election as the new head of Maine’s Republican Party. Brewer said Bennett is well-respected, and party leaders hope he can unify the GOP and get the party running well. The San Francisco Chronicle, Portland Press […]
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Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, wrote an opinion piece published by the Bangor Daily News titled “How programs for the old serve all.”
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported on a two-day annual conference in Moncton, New Brunswick that focuses on the importance of Maine and Canada working together to sustain the lobster industry. The Science Workshop on Sustainable Growth of the Atlantic Lobster is sponsored by the University of Maine Lobster Institute and the Atlantic Lobster Sustainability […]
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