The Bangor Daily News covered Tuesday morning’s event for U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, which was held at UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni House. Collins was congratulated by community and industry leaders for pushing Congress to pass truck weight legislation that will push heavy rigs off Maine’s secondary roads. Several local television stations, including Bangor’s WLBZ, also attended […]
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An Associated Press story about David Slagger, a UMaine graduate student who will be sworn in Wednesday as Maine’s first Maliseet Indian legislator, was featured in several media outlets, including the Washington Post and Newsday. The Portland Press Herald ran an item in its State House Notebook. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A study by researcher William Livingston of UMaine’s School of Forest Resources about the effect of warm winters on Maine’s beech trees, was noted in a Washington Post story about mild weather and winter landscapes. Livingston found that a certain beetle species boomed during warm winters between 1999 and 2002 and has feasted on Maine’s […]
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A Bangor Daily News article about an increase in education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) included a note that the Bangor school district, which is seeking to establish a STEM academy, is working with UMaine on several fronts, including the formation of a program that will allow students to enter […]
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Several national news outlets covered research done by Jordan LaBouff, a lecturer in UMaine’s psychology department who published a study in the Journal of Positive Psychology which found humble people are more likely to help someone in need compared to those who are more arrogant. LaBouff, who was affiliated with Baylor University at the time […]
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Harold Westerman, former University of Maine football coach and athletic director, has passed away at the age of 94. Westerman spent 33 years at UMaine as an assistant football coach (1949-50), head coach (1951-66) and athletic director (1967-82). Under Westerman, the Black Bears won several conference championships and advanced to the Tangerine Bowl in 1965. […]
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In his latest column in the Columbia Journalism Review, Justin Martin, a UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College Preceptor of Journalism writes about his decision to rent rather than buy a house, despite low mortgage rates and affordable real estate. Martin writes that there is too much risk due to the bad job […]
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In a Bangor Daily News business column, Michael Aube, the president of Eastern Maine Development Corporation in Bangor included as a notable business development in 2011 UMaine’s partnership with Southern Maine Community College to create a pre-engineering program at the former Brunswick Naval Air facility. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Jordan LaBouff, a lecturer in UMaine’s psychology department, was quoted in a report on the website Psych Central about a new study that found humble people are more likely than arrogant people to offer a helping hand to someone in need. LaBouff, who was the lead author of the study, said the findings are surprising […]
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An editorial in The Anniston Star newspaper of Anniston, Ala., noted a 2008 study of hazing by UMaine researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. The editorial called for stopping the tradition of hazing and cited statistics from the report, which found more than half of U.S. college students involved in clubs, teams or organizations have […]
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