A New York Times article about Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to take down a mural in the state Department of Labor offices included comments from UMaine labor historian Charles Scontras. He told the newspaper removing the mural would be an example of an attempt to erase history. Scontras was also quoted in the Waterville Morning […]
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Comments from UMaine business Professor John Mahon were included in a Bangor Daily News story about the ongoing economic effects of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan earlier this month. Mahon said food prices have started to rise on speculation, and the cost of borrowing may also rise as the Japanese are forced to […]
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Maine Public Radio interviewed Aram Calhoun, a UMaine professor of wetland ecology, about a proposal before the Maine legislature to loosen restrictions on development near vernal pools. Calhoun told the interviewer a reduction of buffers could wipe out pool-breeding amphibians in Maine. She added that since 2006 no permits have been denied because of a […]
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The blast-resistant technology developed at the UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center could also be used in areas where earthquakes occur, officials at the center told WLBZ television. Center Director Habib Dagher and Larry Parent, assistant director of operations and program management, who were interviewed for the story, said blast-resistant structures have been tested […]
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor of social work, appeared as a guest on Senior Spotlight on Channel 5 (WABI) and on a Channel 7 (WVII) newscast recently to talk about an upcoming conference, “Substance Abuse in Older Adults: An Invisible Epidemic: The 6th Annual University of Maine […]
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Professor Robert Lehnhard, an exercise physiologist in the College of Education and Human Development, was interviewed for a Tuesday news broadcast on Channel 7 (WVII) about what could be the first longitudinal study on youth obesity and fitness in schools. Lehnhard and colleagues are collaborating with 20 Maine schools to monitor the relative fitness and […]
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The Waterville Morning Sentinel has another in a series of columns about Ashley Underwood, a UMaine nursing graduate who is a contestant on the hit reality TV show “Survivor.” The column, which will run weekly for as long as Underwood remains on the show, is being written by Zach Dionne, a UMaine graduate who is […]
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Television station WCSH has a report about a theater with the subject of sexual assault awareness that is being performed Friday and Saturday at UMaine. UMaine graduate student Molly Schenck wrote and choreographed the performance, which is called “It’s Just Not That Simple,” and was interviewed for the TV report.
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UMaine labor historian Charles Scontras was mentioned in a Lewiston Sun Journal story about the removal of a mural depicting scenes of Maine’s labor history. According to the newspaper report the idea for the mural, which is in the lobby of the Maine Department of Labor, came from Scontras, who is a historian, author, and […]
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In a Portland Press Herald story about a United Nations report on a global push toward small, diversified and sustainable farming, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Director John Rebar commented on the decline in funding of university extension programs. The report advocated for policymakers to fund and support farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing and the nationwide network […]
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