In the second of a two-part Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report about poverty in Washington County, Ann Acheson, a research associate at UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, commented about employment trends Downeast. Acheson said small-scale entrepreneurs, rather than large employers, are the key to economic development in the region. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]
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Tim Bowden, a UMaine assistant professor of aquaculture, made an appearance in a WABI TV report about a Maine Day celebration at the Weatherbee School in Hampden. Students at the school had an opportunity for hands-on learning about different elements of the state. Bowden was at the school to display oysters to the students. Contact: […]
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The Bangor Daily News ran a story about this summer’s Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium event, which is being held in partnership with UMaine. The report noted that UMaine will structure three summer classes around the symposium, as well as an internship and a documentary filmmaking class. Moreover, the student body will have the chance to […]
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Justin Lynch, a UMaine student majoring in political science and economics, was quoted in a USA Today story about students who are studying in the Middle East but have moved to cities to find more stability in an unstable political climate. Lynch said he spent last fall in Cairo but transferred to Beirut, where he […]
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Comments from Ann Acheson, a research associate at UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, were included in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report about poverty in rural Maine. Acheson said as industries such as fishing and sardine canning have declined and more young people have left the state, the labor force has shrunk. Contact: […]
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A Central Maine Morning Sentinel blog post advanced Thursday’s talk by New Brunswick-based CBC reporter Jacques Poitras, who is the author of “Imaginary Line: Life on an Unfinished Border,” a book about U.S.-Canada relations. Poitras will speak at 12:30 p.m. at UMaine’s Franco-American Center. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Jim Dill, an entomologist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News about the effect of warm late-winter temperatures on Maine’s grub and tick population. Dill said grubs are more active than usual, which has skunks active earlier than usual. He also predicted a “pretty good” tick year but […]
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The Daily Greenburgh newspaper carried a feature story recently about UMaine math professor Jonathan Farley, who visited a Greenburgh, N.Y. high school to talk with students about mathematics and “Pi Day,” celebrated on March 14 at the school because of the similarity between Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, […]
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The website Medical Xpress carried a University of Maine article about doctoral student Beth Logan’s research into how a mother’s methadone treatment variations can affect developing motor skills and cognitive development of prenatal infants. Contact: Meg Haskell, (207) 581-3766
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Robert Bayer, a veterinarian and director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, was interviewed for an article on lobster shell disease research published in Boston.com, a Boston Globe website. Researchers discussed possible causes of the disease and its effect on the industry. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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