University of Maine economist Philip Trostel spoke with Mount Desert Islander for an article about Bar Harbor’s Jackson Laboratory announcing it would raise its lowest wage for full-time workers to $15 per hour. Trostel said raising the starting wage will give the lab “the pick of the litter” when it comes to attracting workers, but […]
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The Maine Edge published a review of “4 Contemporary Sound Poets,” a new audio DVD produced at the University of Maine’s IMRC Center. The DVD includes sound poetry by Tomomi Adachi, a noted Japanese artist and performer; Owen Smith, a new media professor and director of the Intermedia MFA program at UMaine; Duane Ingalls, an […]
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Jim Settele, chief of staff at the University of Maine, and Mandela Fellow Dennis Munuve were recent guests on The Pulse Morning Show (WZON AM 620). Munuve, of Kenya, is one of 25 emerging public management leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa that are visiting UMaine for a six-week academic and leadership institute, sponsored by the U.S. […]
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Greenlight Maine, an entrepreneurial pitch contest with a $200,000 prize, has named 26 semifinalists for its second season, according to Mainebiz. Greenlight Maine is a product of Portland Media Group, a custom content and production company founded by Corcoran; Nat Thompson, former president of Maine Radio and Television Co. and former owner/producer at WCSH (Channel […]
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The University of Maine was named one of the country’s best universities for Native students by Indian Country Today Media Network. UMaine was one of five institutions to be included in the publication’s annual national listing of colleges and universities that offer support and scholarships for Native students. UMaine offers tuition waivers for Native students […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported that while Maine’s largest fishery brings in more than $500 million a year and employs tens of thousands of people, there is no map that shows where lobstermen trap their catch. This lack of data can be harmful for regulatory agencies responsible for permitting nonfishing activities in the Gulf of […]
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The Huffington Post published an article by Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine. The article, “Looks like email non-indictment was a polling non-event,” focused on the recent announcement that the FBI would not be filing an indictment against Hillary Clinton for the way she handled State Department emails.
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The Republican Journal reported its parent company, Courier Publications LLC, has donated $7,337.88 to the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The donation will go toward the center’s scholarship fund, according to the article.
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Shawn Laatsch, director of the Emera Astronomy Center and Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show, titled “News from out of this world,” focused on the latest news from space, including the Juno spacecraft mission to Jupiter, […]
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John Jemison, a soil and water quality specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was mentioned in an Associated Press report that states only two Maine residents have applied to grow the state’s first licensed crops of industrial hemp. They’re setting off into unknown territory at a time when federal law prohibits commercial hemp […]
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