A Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on the weeklong trade mission to China, being led by Gov. Paul LePage, noted that University of Maine representatives also are part of the trip for student recruitment purposes. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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UMaine economist Todd Gabe was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about the differences in workforces between urban Cumberland County and more rural counties in Maine. Gabe said Cumberland County is a so-called thinking region whose residents tend to have high knowledge about arts, IT, humanities and commerce while lacking knowledge about production and […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and cranberry specialist Charlie Armstrong was interviewed for a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on the 2012 cranberry harvest. Armstrong said the crop is looking good, in spite of an increase in crop pests in some areas. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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A Bangor Daily News article has information about a Saturday event, during which UMaine baseball and softball coaches and players and other Department of Athletics staff members will partner with local law enforcement officials to host “Badges to Baseball” for underprivileged youths. The program, sponsored by the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, aims to develop character, […]
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News that the tidal power project in Eastport, Maine, for which UMaine engineers, marine scientists, oceanographers and social scientists provided research, is now providing energy to the U.S. power grid for the first time was reported in several national media outlets. An Associated Press story was posted on the Washington Post, Huffington Post and CBS […]
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The release of a report about the value of offshore wind power brought several media mentions of research being done at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, which is looking at deepwater offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine. Center director Habib Dagher told the Bangor Daily News that, while growing technologies such as […]
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Florida’s WCTV is reporting that UMaine education professor Elizabeth Allan, who in 2008 along with fellow faculty member Mary Madden authored a groundbreaking national study on hazing, will participate in a Sept. 20 town hall meeting at Florida A&M University. FAMU has been the site of recent hazing incidents. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Sharon Barker, director of the University of Maine’s Women’s Resource Center provided background information for a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on a Colby College program designed to teach women how to prepare to negotiate for fair and equal pay in the workplace. While studies show that women are paid about 75 percent of what […]
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson and University of Maine System Chancellor James Page were part of a “One Maine, One Table” conference covered Wednesday by Channel 7 (WVII) at UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. The conference was organized to discuss the importance of approaching the state’s challenges in nonpartisan ways, and ways in […]
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The Orlando Sentinel reported that UMaine education professor and nationally known hazing researcher Elizabeth Allan is one of the experts who is expected to attend a Sept. 20 meeting at Florida A&M University, the site of recent hazing incidents. Allan, the principal investigator for the National Study of Student Hazing in 2008, is serving on […]
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