Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on the Scholar Strategy Network’s podcast, No Jargon. In the episode “Polls, Polls, Polls,” she discusses how polling methods have changed over the past 100 years.
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The BBC reported on Gordon Hamilton’s strong ties to his native Scotland in a story on the climate scientist’s death in Antarctica. Hamilton was born in Dundee, Scotland’s fourth-largest city. A statement from the scientist’s family, quoted in the BBC piece, noted that Hamilton’s interest in geography began while he was attending school in the […]
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The Bangor Daily News covered a public hearing on traffic safety concerns, where Route 2 in Orono intersects with the Rangeley Road entrance to the University of Maine campus. Construction on a new roundabout, designed to make the intersection safer, is not scheduled to begin until early 2018. According to the paper, Danny Williams, executive […]
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The New York Times remembered the life and work of University of Maine climate scientist Gordon Hamilton, after his death in a snowmobile accident in Antarctica. In an appreciation, published in the newspaper’s Dot Earth blog, science writer Andrew C. Revkin wrote, “In probing the fast-changing ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland, Gordon Hamilton of […]
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CNBC spoke with Bob Bayer, director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, for a story on the surging demand for lobster in the U.S. and abroad. “Lobster demand usually follows the stock market and general economy,” Bayer said. “When the economy is good, lobster demand is good.” The story also notes one of the […]
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Media across the state, country and world reported on the death of University of Maine climate scientist Gordon Hamilton, who was killed in Antarctica on Saturday, when the snowmobile he was riding fell into a 100-foot crevasse. The New York Times, The Washington Post, Daily Mail, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, New Scientist, Men’s […]
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The Associated Press covered a plan by the University of Maine’s Marine Sciences Club to launch a minisailboat, armed with a GPS system, on a voyage to Europe. The boat, which is about 5 feet long, is taking part in the 2016 Atlantic Miniboat Regatta. Schools, colleges and organizations in several other countries also are […]
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A recent piece in the Boston Globe by Michael Socolow, timed to last weekend’s Head of the Charles Regatta, looked at rowers’ search for that elusive condition known as swing. “Swing is ephemeral and almost indescribable,” wrote Socolow, an associate professor of communications and journalism at the University of Maine. “It’s the challenge that keeps […]
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Maine Public Radio spoke with University of Maine political science professor Mark Brewer for a recent story on the transportation bond before voters on the November ballot. In the story, Brewer says he’d be surprised if the bond failed to pass, even in such an unpredictable election year.
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The Portland Press Herald reported that Sodexo, a food service company, and the University of Maine will hold workshops for farms, fisheries and other businesses that want to expand their market reach. The Scaling Up expos are scheduled for Nov. 1 and 3.
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