The Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed University of Maine economics graduate student Travis Blackmer about research he and colleagues did last year through the School of Economics assessing the contents of household garbage samples throughout Maine, which revealed 60 percent of what was discarded could have been recycled or composted at substantial economic savings to […]
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An opinion column by University of Maine associate professor of computing and information science Jonathan Farley about the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science appeared in the Portland Daily Sun newspaper. Farley, who is also a math consultant and a member of the advisory board for Baxter Academy, argued that schools specializing in science, technology, […]
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An opinion column in the Bangor Daily News by University of Maine professor of philosophy Michael Howard used analogies to characterize the needs and wants of the poor in the context of the economics principal of declining marginal utility. He discusses differences between items or experiences considered “pleasers” or “relievers,” and the balance based upon […]
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University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs graduate student Ian Henderson of Hampden, who is currently serving a research internship in Cairo, Egypt, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News about what he’s been seeing firsthand as Egypt held its first democratic election last week. Henderson called the atmosphere over the weekend “electric” […]
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The Science360 website has posted a University of Maine research video featuring Rebecca Holberton, professor of biological sciences and a migratory bird expert, and several UMaine graduate students studying how climate change, land development and alternative energy initiatives may be affecting migration patterns of songbirds crossing the Gulf of Maine. The work is part of […]
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) aired a report about plans by Statoil of Norway for a series of public meetings starting this week to answer questions from residents about proposed offshore floating wind turbines. Statoil and the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center have been collaborating on offshore wind research and experimentation. Statoil wants to […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about the recent elevation of Maine Republican congressional candidate Kevin Raye to higher status on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s “Young Guns” list as he prepares a campaign against incumbent Mike Michaud, the 2nd District Democrat. Brewer said that while […]
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Comments from University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition Mary Ellen Camire were included in news reports by the Bangor Daily News and Maine Public Broadcasting Network on the hearing held Friday at UMaine on the proposed merger of the Maine Department of Agriculture and the Maine Conservation Commission into a new […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) and Channel 7 (WVII) reported on the opening Thursday of the 45-site Downeast Fisheries Trail in Hancock and Washington counties, an educational interpretive project designed to help visitors explore the Maine coast from Penobscot Bay to the Canadian border in more depth through the inclusion of museums, historical societies and other coastal […]
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PRWeb has posted a news release from the GoAbroad organization, which recently named the University of Maine’s Study Abroad Office as one of five national finalists for an Innovation in Marketing Award for its “Celebration” radio show to promote studying abroad. The show airs Wednesdays from 4-5 p.m. on WMEB-FM 91.9. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
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