The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and the Bangor Daily News were among several news organizations to write about a quarterly jobs economic report released by the Maine Development Foundation and the University of Maine’s School of Economics. The study found the productivity of Maine workers is one of the worst in the nation due to the […]
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Amy Blackstone, sociologist at the University of Maine, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) about International Childfree Day. Blackstone researches childfree-by-choice adults and the stigma that surrounds them. She also maintains a blog with her husband titled “we’re {not} having a baby! childfree adventures in a child-centric world.”
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Krish Thiagarajan, the University of Maine’s Alston D. and Ada Lee Correll Presidential Chair in Energy and mechanical engineering professor, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about a nearly $1 million energy grant from the National Science Foundation that was awarded to the University of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy and two partner organizations. The […]
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Kreutz studies climate’s impact on sea level rise at 14,000 feet.
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded $380,000 to researchers at the University of Maine Center on Aging, University of New England (UNE) and The Iris Network to study a falls prevention program for older citizens with vision impairment. Falls among older adults can lead to serious injury, loss of independence or death. The two-year […]
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Aug. 1, the Maine Development Foundation and the University of Maine’s School of Economics released the first of a series of quarterly reports analyzing critical economic indicators in Maine and exploring in detail the reasons for — and impacts of — Maine’s comparatively low worker productivity. Professor Todd Gabe wrote the inaugural report that focuses […]
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Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, WABI (Channel 5), and Portland Press Herald were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press article on a nearly $1 million energy grant from the National Science Foundation that was awarded to the University of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy and two partner organizations. The funding will help develop […]
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Robert Steneck, professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine’s Darling Center, and Andrew Pershing, professor in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute at UMaine, were among about 100 scientists, fisheries managers and commercial fishermen to attend an Island Institute-hosted symposium in Portland on climate change and fisheries. Steneck and Pershing […]
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The University of Maine-led offshore wind project and its deployment of the first floating offshore wind turbine in the U.S. was mentioned in a National Geographic blog titled “Getting charged up about blue power.”
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The Washington Post, Boston Herald, Wall Street Journal, Newsday and Portland Press Herald were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press article on research being conducted by the University of Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Connecticut and University of Delaware on the effects of Superstorm Sandy on plant […]
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