Bob Bayer, the director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about the drop in prices of lobster. Bayer told the newspaper that fixing costs to limit price drops could have a small effect, but he doesn’t expect much, and some lobstermen could go bankrupt. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Howard Segal, a UMaine historian, will appear on WZON radio’s Pulse Morning Show at 7 a.m. Monday to discuss recent comments made by Maine Gov. Paul LePage about the IRS and the Affordable Care Act. In his weekly radio address last week, which focused on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the healthcare act, […]
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The radio stations of Blueberry Broadcasting will air this weekend a portion of an interview UMaine President Paul Ferguson gave live Wednesday morning. Ferguson was interviewed about UMaine’s comprehensive strategic plan, known as the Blue Sky Project, which was announced Monday. The rebroadcast will air from 7 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. Saturday on 101.3 FM […]
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An article in the Bangor Daily News noted that UMaine historian Howard Segal will appear at a Camden Philosophy Society conference “Technology — Crossing and Creating Boundaries” that will be held Saturday, July 28. Segal will deliver a talk entitled, “Beyond Huxley, Orwell and other 20th Century Dystopians: The Revival of Technological Utopianism in the […]
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Bob Bayer, a UMaine professor of animal and veterinary sciences and the executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute commented in an Associated Press report about the drop in lobster prices that was posted on the Fox News website. Bayer said the average price of new shell lobsters is $1 to $1.50 lower than last summer, […]
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The University of Maine has named Seth Woodcock its new associate athletic director for development. Woodcock, who worked in development at Maine Medical Center for the past nine years, will assume the role as the lead major gift fundraiser for athletics at UMaine. A native of Farmington, Maine, Woodcock is a 1995 graduate of Mt. […]
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In Maine and elsewhere, the field of seaweed cultivation is experiencing increased interest from aquaculturists, harvesters, researchers and those in the business of making products from marine macroalgae. This is due to some innovative research being conducted in the region, and because Maine now has the first and only commercial kelp aquaculture operation in the […]
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University of Maine Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science George Markowsky’s tutorial on cybersecurity tools is one of the featured tutorials at WorldComp’12, an international conference held in Las Vegas for computer science, computer engineering and applied computing that is expected to attract more than 2,000 participants from all around the world. […]
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The Bangor Daily News published information about a workshop, “Coach Cos’s Football 101 for Women,” which will be held Aug. 2 at UMaine. The workshop will cover the basics of football rules and strategies and will include tours of the UMaine athletics facilities and the opportunity to participate in drills. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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An op-ed in the Bangor Daily News by Amy Blackstone, chair of the UMaine Department of Sociology, about adults and couples who choose not to have children offers perspectives on those decisions. Blackstone said her research has shown that most so-called child-free adults in fact do like children and many maintain meaningful relationships that make […]
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