News organizations throughout Maine continued their coverage of the death May 28 of 2008 University of Maine graduate and Army Capt. John “Jay” Brainard III of Newport, who died in Afghanistan when the helicopter he was piloting crashed. University of Maine political science professor James Warhola was interviewed by Channel 7 (WVII) and former UMaine […]
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An article in the Bangor Daily News about Lyme disease on the rise in Maine cited research using University of Maine Climate Change Institute models that indicates warming temperatures by 2050 could mean an end to the seasonal cold-weather killing of ticks in northern Maine, which would mean increasing tick populations statewide. Contact: George Manlove, […]
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An editorial in the Bangor Daily News endorsing proposed bond issues being considered by the Legislature cited the benefits and job creation resulting from research at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center as being worth the investment. A research and development bond proposal in particular, the paper said, will improve Maine’s long-term […]
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In a story about employee-managed corporate gardens, the Portland Press Herald featured University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Harvest for Hunger program and UMaine Extension educator Barbara Murphy, who helps run the program. Murphy said hunger in Maine is usually represented by poor nutrition resulting from people not having the money to buy fresh fruits and […]
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Comments from UMaine political science professor emeritus Kenneth Palmer were included in a Kennebec Journal article about former Gov. Angus King’s participation in the U.S. Senate race in Maine. Palmer said considering the amount of money that will likely be spent on the election, particularly by the GOP, King will not have an easy time […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the state’s Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee is postponing until late June a decision whether to review and audit Casella Waste Systems Inc.’s operations in Maine, a decision that also will postpone consideration of a request before the Maine Public Utilities Commission to authorize a landfill methane gas pipeline from […]
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Jonathan Farley, associate professor of computing and information science and associate professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Maine, has been profiled in anew book, In Praise of Jamaica: Natural Wonders, Heroes and Achievements by George Meikle. On a website associated with the book, Farley is listed with “50 Jamaican Trailblazers,”, which includes Harry […]
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An article in Mainebiz about liability insurance for many of Maine’s small farms that are diversifying from traditional approaches to farming cited a University of Maine-based survey conducted by the Center for Tourism and Outreach in 2006. The research revealed that of 400 farmers surveyed, farms participating in agritourism said those activities accounted for 50 […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed University of Maine political science professor James Warhola and former UMaine Army ROTC enrollment officer Darryl Lyon about 2008 University of Maine graduate and Army Capt. John “Jay” Brainard III of Newport, who died in Afghanistan on Monday when the helicopter he was piloting crashed. Several other news organizations reported […]
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The Maine NEW Leadership program, a University of Maine initiative that aims to educate and empower women to become civic and political leaders, will be held June 1-6 on the UMaine campus and also in locations in Augusta and Skowhegan. Twenty-nine undergraduate college women will participate in the intensive residential training program targeting the next […]
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