Comments from University of Maine professor of resource economics Jonathan Rubin were included in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology news article about an MIT study on new government standards to improve motor vehicle efficiency. The researchers said that while recent efficiency requirements may save consumers money and cut carbon emissions, an “economy-wide” carbon tax might […]
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University of Maine assistant professor of social work Jennifer Middleton was interviewed for a Channel 7 (WVII) report that appeared during the 7 a.m. news on Nov. 14. The report detailed a $3.9 million, federally funded, five-year collaborative project led by the Bangor-based Children and Families Together and the UMaine School of Social Work to […]
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In his inaugural Bangor Daily News blog, University of Maine professor of history Howard Segal discusses well-intentioned initiatives to improve education in the United States through the introduction of high-tech hardware and software. Citing filmmaker George Lucas’s Edutopia Foundation and former Maine Gov. Angus King’s school laptop initiative, Segal said that pre-existing cultural values, traditional […]
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Channel 7 (WVII) interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension veterinarian Anne Lichtenwalner and recent UMaine veterinary sciences graduate and research assistant Darryl Ann Girardin for story broadcast in the 6 p.m. news on Nov. 9 about a two-year research project helping the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife determine how prevalent a possible new […]
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The University Bookstore will host a book signing from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, with UMaine student and author Kris Sproul Devine autographing copies of her first novel, “Beaten, Blinded by Love.” Devine, writing as Kris Sproul, is a native of Cherryfield, Maine, and a journalism major at UMaine. University Bookstore will […]
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Sally Jacobs, who taught biochemistry for 35 years at the University of Maine and played a key role in procuring funding for bicycle trails connecting UMaine with Orono and Old Town, passed away Monday, Nov. 12, after a yearlong battle with cancer, according to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News. Jacobs moved to Orono […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a report about a $3.9 million project by the University of Maine and a Bangor social services agency to help improve the lives of children whose families are affected by substance abuse. Jennifer Middleton, a UMaine assistant professor of social work, is the lead researcher for the five-year project. A […]
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The Central Maine Morning Sentinel published a feature story about the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture’s Highmoor Farm Agricultural Experimental Station in Monmouth and its research on pest management. David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension vegetable and small fruit specialist based at Highmoor, and Highmoor superintendent Greg Koller discussed […]
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George Markowsky, mathematician and UMaine professor of computer science, was interviewed by Bloomberg Businessweek for an article on Arizona financial analyst and adviser Tom DeMark, who has garnered industry respect and recognition for his financial forecasting based on a mathematical formula called the Fibonacci sequence, or the golden mean. Markowsky, who said the increasing fervor […]
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The Yahoo! Finance website carried an Associated Press report of research by University of Maine economist Todd Gabe that projects the medical costs of obesity for children and adolescents in Maine could reach $1.2 billion over the next 20 years. Gabe calculated that medical care of obesity cost $453 million in Maine last year. Contact: […]
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