A Lewiston Sun Journal article about the prevalence of fungi and insects that are damaging Maine’s beech trees included research from Bill Livingston of UMaine’s School of Forest Resources. Livingston found warmer winter temperatures from 1999 to 2002 allowed populations of an invasive, bark-feeding scale insect to explode, resulting in beech trunks turning white with […]
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UMaine’s Habib Dagher, the director of the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was included in a Bangor Daily News follow-up story to its 11 People to Watch in 2011, which the newspaper released Jan 1, 2011. Dagher, the follow-up said, has seen his plan for an offshore wind farm move closer to reality with […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a report on the hand scanners, installed last semester, in several UMaine dining facilities. The scanners were installed to keep costs down and eliminate the sharing of MaineCards, a practice that can cost UMaine up to $4,100 per card, the price of a meal plan for an academic year, according […]
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Comments from Elizabeth Allan, a UMaine education professor and nationally recognized expert in the issue of hazing, were included in an Inside Higher Ed report online. Allan, who with fellow UMaine faculty member Mary Madden co-authored a landmark 2008 hazing study, was interviewed about recent hazing incidents among marching band members at Florida A&M. Allan […]
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A UMaine news release about a new Center on Aging study that found aging Mainers’ legal needs continue to rise at a time when low-cost or free legal aid is scarce was carried by the website Insurance News. Study authors Len Kaye, the Center on Aging director and a UMaine social work professor, and Jennifer […]
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Bob Bayer, the director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, was quoted in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report about the growing market in Asia for lobster, and a business that plans to ship a million pounds of live Maine lobster per year to Asian markets. Bayer said although Maine lobsters taste differently than lobsters most […]
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In an op-ed column in the Portland Press Herald, Bill Beardsley, the commissioner of the Maine Department of Conservation, said the State of Maine is well-positioned in the area of natural-resource economies thanks in part to research at UMaine. Beardsley cited UMaine research programs that are examining composite wood, liquid fuel, and sugar from trees. […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed in a Bangor Daily News story about how last-minute campaign money from sources outside Maine, including PACs, can impact an election. Brewer said outside money is starting to become more of an issue in Maine, and many of these groups view fines they pay for ethics violations as […]
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In her biweekly column in the Bangor Daily News, UMaine political scientist Amy Fried comments on a plan set forth by Maine’s governor to cut taxes first. Fried writes that tax cuts could mean the cutting of programs such as Head Start, assisted living for seniors, MaineCare and Medicaid. She argues there are alternatives for […]
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The Lewiston Sun Journal ran an article on a peer helper group at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, where the group recently organized a school-wide wellness day which included an appearance from UMaine Cooperative Extension nutrition educator Kate Chaisson. Chiasson gave a presentation about ideas for healthy eating. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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