Charles Scontras, a historian and research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education, spoke with Maine Public for the report, “State employees union could drop ‘fair share’ fees in exchange for 6 percent raise.” Gov. Paul LePage has been a critic of organized labor, and has long tried to pass legislation to […]
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An episode of the podcast Outside/In, a production of New Hampshire Public Radio, focused on oyster shell middens along the banks of the Damariscotta River in Maine. Arthur Spiess of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission was interviewed for the podcast. Spiess is a co-principal investigator of a Maine Sea Grant-funded project investigating the development of […]
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The Boston Globe, WSB-TV (Channel 2 in Atlanta), NECN, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), WMTW8 , Bangor Daily News, The Free Press, Washington Post, and Pickens County Courier of South Carolina and reported University of Maine researchers and students from the school’s High Altitude Ballooning group will travel to Clemson, South Carolina to launch […]
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The Associated Press reported the National Science Foundation has awarded more than $1 million to the University of Maine for several research projects involving energy, Earth science and education. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King, who announced the grants in a joint news release, said the funds will help students and researchers […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited Charles Scontras, a historian and research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education, in the article, “LePage’s pay raise offer sways biggest state union to accept ‘right to work’ contract language.” In exchange for a 6 percent pay increase over the next two years, negotiators for the […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Sean Birkel, Maine’s state climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, for the article, “How Maine can be in a drought, even during record rainfall.” Birkel said drought conditions can spring up relatively quickly, whereas the trend of increasing precipitation is borne […]
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Brewer engineering business Compotech Inc. was the focus of the Bangor Daily News feature, “Where the Bangor region’s future job growth will probably come from.” The article argues economic development in the Bangor area is likely to look like Compotech Inc., a business with 10 employees that got its start at the University of Maine. […]
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Tori Jackson, an associate professor of agriculture and natural resources with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The topic of the show was the state’s elderberry crop, with a focus on the latest research, as well as the berry’s different applications and potential for […]
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Harold Daniel, an associate professor of marketing in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an article about the importance of good manners. “Manners are very important,” Daniel said. “We have found our students feel a strong need to have those rules taught to them […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine is set to receive $229,469 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support research of Atlantic bluefin tuna. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King announced the grant in a joint press release. They said the funds will aid research about the tuna’s age, […]
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