Steven Barkan, a UMaine sociology professor, discusses with the Bangor Daily News his work with an open-source publisher to keep down the costs of his next textbook. Textbook costs have gone up faster than inflation, he says in the article. Richard Young, manager of the UMaine Bookstore, comments in the story on textbook rental programs.
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Contact: Julie Gosse, (207) 581-4833 ORONO — In continuing research on the effects of arsenic on mast cells, which help regulate the body’s immune system and organ function, University of Maine biochemist Julie Gosse and a team of student researchers have found a new correlation. Using biochemical, molecular and cellular techniques, Gosse and her students […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Series of events to include retrospective on memorable Maine-based film. ORONO — What would make a couple of notoriously reclusive brothers from a Maine lobstering family sit down in front of a camera and open themselves up for a night of storytelling? Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson still ponders that question, […]
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Wired Magazine’s Geekdad blog highlights UMaine New Media Professor Jon Ippolito, whose blog Legohacker celebrates what he calls “creative misuse” — in this case, showcasing his son’s use of Star WarsLego sets to create smaller but accurate Star Trek sets.
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Tori Jackson of UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Androscoggin/Sagadahoc County office is quoted in a Lewiston Sun Journal report on the Maine agricultural harvest. Jackson points out that the the early spring allowed farmers and gardeners to plant early and that favorable weather since has benefited several crops. Barbara Murphy of Extension’s Oxford County office says that […]
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Ann Sossong of the UMaine nursing faculty is quoted in a Portland Press Herald report about a new Dept. of Labor report on the nursing profession in Maine. The report notes that the profession has been growing “slowly” in Maine since 2004, and that some 3,000 more will be needed by 2016. Sossong points out […]
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UMaine political science professor Mark Brewer provided comment for a Portland Press Herald story on the latest poll measuring public support for Maine’s gubernatorial candidates.
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Tuesday’s Portland Press Herald includes a report updating UMaine’s progress toward replacing athletic director Blake James, who accepted an athletics administration position at the University of Miami last week. The story notes that President Kennedy plans to name an interim AD before James Sept. 7 departure.
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Daily Racing Form reports that California’s Santa Anita racetrack has hired UMaine Prof. Mick Peterson to study that facility’s synthetic track surface from a safety perspective. Peterson, a mechanical engineer, is the leading expert in the impact of racetrack surfaces on horse safety. UMaine Today magazine reported on his work in a 2007 cover story.
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In an interview with the Capitol News Service for a Bangor Daily News article, UMaine sociologist Amy Blackstone discussed her ongoing research on older worker harassment, saying older people experience a different type of on-the-job harassment, that of isolation, being demeaned or feeling left out.
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