Comments by Robert Bayer, direct of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, were included in an Associated Press report about the increasing reports of odd-colored lobsters that appeared on websites for MSNBC, CBS and the Chicago Sun-Times, among others. Comments from Bayer were also included in a three-part series of articles by the Darien Times […]
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University of Maine sociologist Steven Barkan discusses guns and violence in the United States in a blog, Criminology and Sociology, in which he argues that males commit more violent acts than women and, as a society, boys must be raised differently to reduce a propensity for violent behavior. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) reported over the weekend on the fourth annual Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium being held this year in partnership with the University of Maine and in the Steam Plant parking lot, where members of the public can watch artists from around the world in action with grinders, chisels and […]
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The National Low Carbon Fuel Standard Project, of which UMaine economist Jonathan Rubin is a member, was covered by several blogs and media outlets after its announcement Thursday that a national low-carbon fuel standard could solve transportation energy challenges. The Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch website ran a news release about the project that included a […]
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The Cafe des Artistes blog on the Bangor Daily News website ran an advance story about the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, which starts Sunday in UMaine’s Steam Plant parking lot. The symposium is being held this year in partnership with UMaine. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Several media outlets, including the Bangor Daily News covered a keynote address given Thursday by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell at the BIOGEOMON conference in Northport, Maine. The conference was co-hosted by UMaine. Mitchell told hundreds of international scientists, students and researchers that precise data can help solve problems such as streams, lakes and soils […]
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A Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report on new welfare restrictions included remarks from Sandra Butler, a UMaine social work professor. Butler said there is no evidence that a significant amount of welfare money is being spent on products and services such as visits to nail salons and tattoo parlors, trips on cruise ships and […]
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Comments from Alan Majka, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, were included in a Project Economy report by Portland TV station WMTW about changes over the years in food packaging. Majka, a registered dietician, said one way consumers can deal with confusion over package sizes is to look at the unit price. Contact: Jessica […]
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Several media outlets, including the Boston Globe website carried an Associated Press report that seven regional research institutions, including the University of Maine, had received grant funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue a buoy system that monitors the Gulf of Maine and southern New England. Neal Pettigrew, a UMaine professor who […]
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SFGate, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, posted a news release from a company that designed, assembled and installed an Environmental Wind Turbine Test Chamber at UMaine’s Offshore Wind Laboratory, which is part of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus. The president of Hastest Solutions, Inc., said in the release he […]
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