WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 29th annual Culturefest held at the University of Maine New Balance Student Recreation Center. The family-friendly event is hosted by the Office of International Programs and International Student Association. About 50 countries were represented at the event that featured cultural exhibits, food, children’s activities, a style show and performances. […]
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Philip Trostel, a University of Maine professor of economics and public policy, told the Portland Press Herald that it’s likely Maine’s wealthiest residents would find ways to avoid paying higher taxes, if the ballot measure known as Question 2 passes Tuesday. Question 2 would levy a 3 percent surcharge on the state’s highest earners to […]
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The Christian Science Monitor quoted Mark Brewer in an article about Maine’s ranked-choice voting ballot initiative. If the initiative passes, it would enable voters to rank all the candidates in a race. If no one gets a majority, the votes of the last-place candidate would be apportioned out to the higher finishers according to second-place […]
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Lobster is on a Business Insider list of seven foods that could go extinct due to climate change. The lobster entry cites data from the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute and links to a newspaper story on research by scientists at the Darling Marine Center.
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for the report, “Signs point to record-setting election turnout in Maine.” By the deadline, nearly 258,000 Maine voters had requested absentee ballots, and more than 218,000 had filled them out, according to the report. Brewer said those figures signal a […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was cited in a response to a Sun Journal reader’s comment about how people should not waste pumpkins. According to UMaine Extension, the deep yellow to deep orange colors of pumpkin show that they contain carotene, which your body turns into the antioxidant vitamin A. Also, all varieties of […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported fall enrollment at the University of Maine System has increased for the first time since 2003. Across all seven campuses, the fall 2016 headcount is 29,465 students, up 1.6 percent from last year, according to final figures released Thursday by the system. At the flagship campus in Orono, tuition and […]
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A Portland Press Herald editorial credits the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center with finding new, innovative ways to use the materials that make up wood. The editorial comes days after another mill in Maine announced that it would shut down a paper machine and lay off 190 workers. The newspaper mentions a […]
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The Jamestown Press of Rhode Island reported the University of Maine has expanded its Flagship Match financial aid program to include Ocean State students. UMaine’s Flagship Match is a competitive scholarship program that guarantees academically qualified, first-year students from several states will pay the same tuition and fee rate as their home state’s flagship institution.
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Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors published a feature story in its November/December issue on University of Maine avian physiologist Rebecca Holberton’s research on the 2,000-mile autumn migration of the blackpoll warbler. Every fall, the birds make the 80-to-90-hour trip at 12,000 feet, from Maine to Venezuela, for the winter. “From mid-September until mid-October, blackpolls double […]
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