Philip Trostel, an economics and public policy professor at the University of Maine School of Economics and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, spoke with Mainebiz for the article, “Hiring pressures push companies to unprecedented lengths to find workers.” Maine’s unemployment rate in October was 3.4 percent, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Maine Department […]
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The Penobscot Times reported the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine Division of Student Life, will be held Jan. 21 at Wells Conference Center on campus. The family-friendly event will celebrate King’s life and legacy, inspiration, dedication to diversity and social […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported University of Maine football wide receiver Andre Miller helps out at the Old Town-Orono YMCA after-school program. Miller, who got involved at the YMCA about a year and a half ago, says working with the children is rewarding, and he plans to continue. “Working with the kids, it’s really a new […]
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The Penobscot Times reported a free training for Conversation Partners provided by Literacy Volunteers of Bangor will be held at the University of Maine on Jan. 10. UMaine is host to more than 400 international students and scholars. Although English proficiency is required for study at UMaine, many students and scholars would benefit from additional […]
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The Bangor Daily News mentioned the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in the article, “This homestead resource may sound too good to be true, but it’s just a call or click away.” Cooperative Extensions are part of each state’s land grant university, which were designated in the mid-1800s to focus on science, engineering and agriculture […]
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Potato News Today and Fiddlehead Focus reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host the 34th annual Maine Potato Conference Jan. 23–24 at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center. The Central Aroostook Young Farmers Trade Show also will take place at the center, with informational booths. Events are planned from 8 a.m. to 4 […]
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Jonathan Rubin, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, is profiled in the latest edition of TR News, the bimonthly magazine of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), one of seven major programs of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. At TRB, Rubin chairs the Environment and Energy […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release announcing a half-day session for agriculture producers and service providers to discuss building agricultural leadership capacity in Maine. The meeting will be held noon–3 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Augusta Civic Center during the 2019 Maine Agricultural Trades Show. The purpose of the […]
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Kathryn Yerxa, of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “In Maine, cooking classes tackle the root causes of hunger.” Maine has developed a network of programs that provide nutrition education to low-income Mainers who are at risk of food insecurity, according to the article. There are […]
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Susan Elias and Griffin Dill were sources for a Portland Press Herald piece about the 29 percent decrease in Lyme disease cases this year in Maine. The state recorded 1,310 Lyme cases through Dec. 27, 2018, down from 1,852 (an all-time high) in 2017, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “The […]
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