Treva deMaynadier, who produced a narrative survey to raise awareness of migrant farmworkers during a Department of Labor internship administered by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News. MPBN also reported on the survey. “I have lived in Maine my entire life, but this […]
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The Bangor Daily News said about six burglaries had been reported at Orono residences rented by University of Maine students. According to the article, Orono Police Chief Josh Ewing said the burglaries were in the vicinity of Park, Peter and Pleasant streets and that the suspect(s) targeted off-campus homes of students away on winter break. […]
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Foster’s Daily Democrat ran a media release announcing University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer classes slated for 6–9:30 p.m. Thursdays from Feb. 4, through early June, at Anderson Learning Center, 21 Bradeen St., Springvale. To learn more, call 800.287.1535, 207.324.2814 or visit extension.umaine.edu/york/programs/master-gardener-volunteer-program. Jan. 8, 2016 is the deadline to apply.
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A Portland Press Herald editorial lauded the University of Maine’s Flagship Match program that allows academically qualified students from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to attend UMaine for the same price they would pay to go to their home state’s flagship university. “Used strategically, tuition decreases for attractive students from other […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer was a source in the Portland Press Herald article titled “Republican senators again propose MaineCare expansion.” “I have a hard time envisioning there being enough House Republicans coming on board to override a LePage veto,” Brewer was quoted as saying about Sens. Roger Katz and Thomas Saviello’s soon-to-be-proposed […]
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The Associated Press reported Dartmouth College and the University of Maine are creating a plugin to provide scholars access to media clips and notes to learn about historical film and television programs in digitized archives around the world. WCSH6 TV and several other media outlets carried the AP report.
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The Maine Gardener column titled “This winter, growers should cultivate their minds” in the Portland Press Herald highlighted upcoming classes being taught by Ellen Gibson of the Maine AgrAbility Program, jointly run by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Goodwill and Alpha One. “Gardening Without Aches and Pains” will be offered Feb. 21 at St. […]
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The Boston Globe published the editorial, “What UMaine can teach UMass,” about the University of Maine’s Flagship Match, 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. According to the editorial, some Massachusetts students could save about […]
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Bruce Segee, the Henry R. and Grace V. Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maine; Craig Mason, a UMaine professor of education; and Ami Gaspar, an advanced computing outreach specialist with IT and the Maine LearnToMod project manager, were recent guests on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio […]
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Sharon Tisher, a lecturer in the University of Maine’s School of Economics and Honors College, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “How Collins, King, Pingree, Poliquin scored on climate change in 2015.” Tisher is a member of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the […]
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