Bangor TV station WABI advanced last Friday’s fundraiser at Orono boutique Maine Maven for the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium. The symposium will be held this summer on the UMaine campus, and eight sculptures will be created for sites around UMaine, Bangor, Old Town and Orono. A news release has more information about the symposium. Contact: […]
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An editorial in Sunday’s Florida Times-Union newspaper on ways to discourage hazing at colleges and universities notes that the University of Maine has become a center for hazing prevention research. The editorial noted a groundbreaking, three-year national study on hazing by UMaine professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan and colleague Mary Madden, and included comments […]
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In Monday’s Letters section in the Bangor Daily News, Ted Coladarci, the director of Institutional Studies at UMaine, presented statistical evidence that contradicted a previous op-ed about UMaine graduates. Rather than leaving the state following graduation, as the op-ed claimed, Coladarci said recent surveys of alumni have found most are working full-time in Maine. Contact: […]
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UMaine economist Gary Hunt contributed to an opinion piece in the Portland Press Herald on the economies of commercial wind development. The piece claimed that media discussions of wind power economics often overemphasize the least important economic aspects, such the short-lived economic stimulus of construction jobs, while distorting the most important aspects, such as the […]
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A report prepared by UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Police Center on poverty in Maine was the subject of a Portland Press Herald story. The story noted the report found that the consequences of living in poverty can be severe, with children from poor families tending to complete less school and ending up working and earning […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on Saturday’s VEX Robotics Competition Championships, which was sponsored by UMaine’s College of Engineering. Dana Humphrey, dean of the college, told the BDN students in the competition are doing things that are fun while trying to solve a problem. UMaine junior engineering major David Hart, who directed the competition, was […]
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The March/April 2012 issue of “fine Gardening” magazine includes an article by University of Maine Cooperative Extension small fruit and vegetable specialist David Handley on pruning red raspberries, which recommends a hard late-winter thinning as the secret to healthier plants. The article includes an Extension video in which Handley illustrates proper pruning techniques. Contact: George […]
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The travel section of the Boston Sunday Globe on Feb. 5 included the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine as being among noteworthy New England college highlights “offering exceptional and exhilarating experiences” for the public. The article recommends Hudson’s Native American exhibits and its basket collection, which the Globe features on its website. Contact: […]
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The PBS news program “Washington Week in Review” has aired a news report on how Maine voters get information about political candidates that was created and reported by UMaine student Kylie Keene, a senior who is interning at WVII (ABC) Bangor this semester. Keene interviewed UMaine students and several older adults in Orono, in addition […]
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Kristin Sobolik of UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute was noted in a story on the website io9.com for her work in paleofecal research. The story said there was a big breakthrough in human DNA extraction when Sobolik suggested samples found in Hinds Cave in Texas be tested. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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