Several media outlets, including Channel 5 (WABI) reported on Wednesday’s annual job fair, which was held in the Student Recreation and Fitness Center. More than 80 employers and hundreds of students attended the job fair, which was also covered by the Bangor Daily News.
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An op-ed in the Portland Press Herald supporting the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, known as TANF, mentioned the work of Sandra Butler, UMaine associate professor of social work. Thomas Chalmers McLaughlin, associate professor, director of online education and co-director of the Center for Research and Evaluation at the University of New England’s School […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported about the findings of a study conducted by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Maine Development Foundation which concluded the UMaine System must better align its academic programs with the needs of the business community. The report, “Making Maine Work: The Role of Maine’s Public University System,” can be […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, was quoted in a CBSNews.com story about links between global warming and extreme weather incidents. Mayewski said humans may be changing weather patterns such as El Nino and La Nina, which could mean less stable weather patterns in the future.
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Comments from UMaine economics professor Gary Hunt are featured in a Wednesday Bangor Daily News story about Tuesday’s wind energy conference in Augusta. Speaking at the conference, Hunt described the investments necessary to make deepwater offshore wind power cost-effective. Channel 7 (WVII) interviewed Caroline Noblet of the UMaine economics faculty for a similar story at […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) broadcast a Tuesday news story about two students’ efforts to bring the national online magazine Her Campus to UMaine. Shaina Dennis and Macey Hall were interviewed for the story, describing the magazine, which is aimed at an audience of college women.
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Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story about a UMaine student who suffered cold-weather related injuries to his hands on Saturday night. The incident led UMaine police to issue a Sunday morning alert reminding students to take precautions when venturing outside during extremely weather conditions.
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The Tuesday campus visit by James Page, a candidate for the UMaine president’s job, was covered by the Bangor Daily News, WABI and WVII. Page, the CEO of the James W. Sewall Co. in Old Town, will be followed by three other finalists over the next two weeks. More information on the UMaine search is […]
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The Jamaica Observer’s “Wignall’s World” column notes that Jonathan Farley of the UMaine computer science faculty is profiled in a new book, “Jamaica’s Gifts to the World,” a series of profiles of Jamaicans of notable achievement.
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Monday’s Bangor Daily News included a story about the efforts of Albie Dunn, who works in technical services at Fogler Library, to teach an Old Town girl with physical disabilities how to skate. Seven-year-old Kaymi Hunt is a participant in the Penobscot Valley Hockey Conference’s Learn to Skate Program, where Dunn is a coach who’s […]
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