James Breece, an associate professor of economics at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Associated Press article on Gov. Paul LePage. LePage leaves the state in better fiscal shape than he found it, but his wins were sometimes overshadowed by aggressive remarks, according to the article. The aging state’s economy has overall “greatly […]
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Cynthia Isenhour, a professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about a Maine man who spent a year without shopping for anything other than basic necessities. Nearly a decade ago, Isenhour wrote her dissertation on Swedish consumers who tried to stop shopping. […]
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Sarah Nelson, director of the Ecology and Environmental Sciences program and associate research professor in watershed biogeochemistry at the University of Maine, spoke with Eos for an article about winter weather whiplash, or unusual and unexpected changes in weather, like a false spring in the dead of winter. Whiplash events can affect ecosystems that are […]
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Kristin Vekasi, an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Taking away foreign aid won’t stop immigration.” A key goal of foreign aid is to improve economic conditions in the countries that receive that aid, according to Vekasi. “It defies logic […]
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Turner Publishing reported Adam Fortier-Brown has been selected as the first recipient of a new internship program for undergraduate students offered by the William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service at the University of Maine. The internship will be with The Cohen Group in Washington, D.C. The Cohen Group was formed by former […]
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Elizabeth Theriault, a third-year journalism and political science student at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Proposed campus sexual misconduct rules fail victims.” Theriault is the communications intern for the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address […]
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The Sun Journal highlighted Nimesha Ranasinghe in a story that imagines a New Year’s Eve of drinking with no calories or hangover and eating broccoli and tasting chicken wings. Ranasinghe, a University of Maine assistant professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, created a vocktail glass with an electronic module on the rim, […]
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Rick Wahle was a source for a piece in The Politic about the impact of climate change on lobsters in Long Island Sound, where the crustacean population has reached historically low levels, and continues to dip. In 1998, Long Island Sound fisheries hauled in 3.7 million pounds of lobster. In 2015, they yielded 200,000 pounds. […]
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Tori Jackson and Eric Gallandt were sources, and the Maine Climate and Agriculture Network was referenced, in a multifaceted Bangor Daily News story about climate change as it relates to agriculture. The Maine Climate and Agriculture Network indicates the average length of the growing season in the state is 12–14 days longer than it was […]
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Recently named University of Maine football coach Nick Charlton, the youngest head coach in Division I at age 30, was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about some of his first responsibilities guiding the Black Bears — including hiring a coaching staff and recruiting. “Winning sells itself,” he said. “We’ve got that CAA trophy […]
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