Miami Herald published a news release advancing the third annual conference of the U.S. Chapter of The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS). The conference will be held at the University of Maine June 12–16. The 2017 meeting of global emergency and disaster management professionals will focus on cybersecurity, emergency management and computing, according to the […]
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Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the CityLab article, “Mapping the diversity of the creative class,” by Richard Florida, co-founder and editor at large of CityLab and a senior editor at The Atlantic. Florida, who previously covered the black and white racial divide in the creative class, turned […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Huffington Post titled, “There is no maternal instinct.” Blackstone conducts research on the decision not to become parents. She and her husband maintain the blog, “We’re {not} having a baby! childfree adventures in a child-centric world.” Blackstone also was […]
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Inside Higher Ed published an article on the University of Maine’s second year of its Flagship Match tuition scholarship program. The program guarantees academically qualified, first-year students from several states will pay the same tuition and fee rate as their home state’s flagship institution. This year, the program won a small number of additional commitments […]
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The Associated Press reported an arm of the University of Maine is working on a 10-year push to grow marine jobs in the state. The Alliance for Maine’s Marine Economy is working on the effort, which it says will cost more than $16 million and will target new investments that can be useful for marine […]
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Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine and director of the National Hazing Prevention Consortium, was a recent guest on the National Public Radio program “On Point,” which is produced by WBUR in Boston. The episode looked at what’s really going on today with hazing at American college campuses. The […]
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The Maine Edge spoke with the 2017 University of Maine Commencement speakers Heather and Abe Furth ahead of the graduation ceremonies on May 13. The Orono couple met at UMaine in 1999 when Heather was studying biology and Abe was studying English. In the past decade, they have founded restaurants, a brewery and a property […]
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The Republican Journal included 2016 Maine drug overdose death figures in an article about how after some hesitation, Belfast’s police chief is preparing to equip officers with the opioid antidote Narcan. The state attorney general’s office reported there were 372 drug overdose deaths in 2016, 317 of which were caused by at least one opioid. […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was cited in an answer to a Sun Journal reader’s question about where rhubarb can be obtained locally to grow. Rhubarb does well when it is split and replanted every so often, according to the article. Since it is a fairly common backyard plant, there could be a friend, […]
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A recent University of Maine study commissioned by AARP Maine was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Midlife Mainers should know about these changes in Social Security.” The report shows that, statewide, retirement savings are on the decline while seniors’ dependency on public assistance is growing, according to the article. The study was conducted […]
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