In a story about Maine independent gubernatorial candidate Kevin Scott, UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer tells the Lewiston Sun Journal candidates who lack strong campaign funding and don’t have sufficient name recognition will face hurdles in the November election.
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WLBZ 2 mentioned UMaine’s Cooperative Extension in a report about Maine’s dry weather this summer.
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Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty were included in a York Weekly report on the independent gubernatorial candidacy of Eliot Cutler. Brewer says it’s significant that Maine has previously elected independent governors in James Longley and Angus King.
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President Kennedy’s Friday announcement that he’s appointed Steve Abbott interim director received widespread news coverage, including Saturday Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News reports. Maine Sunday Telegram sports columnist Steve Sollloway analyzed the appointment in his Sunday column. Abbott is an Orono native and former Harvard football player who served as Sen. Susan Collins’ […]
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An Associated Press story on the WGME television website previews the Sept. 21-23 series of UMaine presentations by scientist and filmmaker Randy Olson. One highlight will be a screening of the 1991 film “Salt of the Earth,” which features Stonington brothers Stevie and Brian Robbins. The Robbins brothers will participate in that event, scheduled for […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 or joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — University of Maine President Robert Kennedy has selected Steve Abbott to serve as interim athletic director beginning Monday, Sept. 6. An attorney who served as Sen. Susan Collins’ chief of staff for 12 years, Abbott grew up on and around the UMaine campus where his […]
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MPBN reports the Lewiston School Department will use part of its $2 million share of federal funding for professional development through the University of Maine.
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Research into the effects of arsenic on mast cells, which help regulate the body’s immune system, being done by UMaine biochemist Julie Gosse and a team of student researchers, was the subject of a U.S. News and World Report story.
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Mary Ellen Camire of the UMaine food science and human nutrition faculty was the lead resource for a Thursday WLBZ televison story about government oversight of the dietary supplement industry. The story was based on a Consumer Reports investigation of that subject.
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A Thursday WABI television report described the work of UMaine senior Molly Lizotte, who has developed the Wabanaki Interpretive Trail at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton as a senior capstone project. The self-guided nature trail, seven-tenths of a mile long, features information about the history of Pushaw Stream fish and Native American fishing.
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