UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer commented in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio story about members of the Maine legislature who have become the sixth group in the nation to join a Congressional Prayer Caucus. Brewer said legislators have a right to meet in prayer under the U.S. Constitution and are free to use their […]
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Several news outlets carried an Associated Press account of a U.S. Department of Transportation announcement that UMaine is one 22 universities and research centers nationwide that will receive $3.5 million in federal funds to collaborate on transportation research. The Boston Globe website noted that the consortium will work with federal agencies on research to promote […]
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Click here to see all Climate Change blog entries. Yesterday afternoon we reached our second camp site, Agua Azul or Blue Water. To get there we hiked about six miles along the beautiful Colorado Valley. We camped on an ancient Tupungatito lava flow and had our first glimpse of our route up to the drill site for […]
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The Poynter Institute’s news website posted a column by Justin Martin, a UMaine journalism faculty member and CLAS-Honors Preceptor of Journalism. Martin writes about distracting volumes of hyperlinks in web copy and how hyperlinks can be useful, but often are used to keep the reader from leaving a website. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer were included in a Bangor Daily News report on Maine’s possible role in pushing Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to his party’s nomination. Brewer said Romney could have trouble in a conservative South Carolina, which means Maine’s Feb. 4 caucuses could play a role in Romney’s momentum. Contact: […]
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Several media outlets covered Monday’s 16th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast, which was held at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. The Bangor Daily News noted the focus of the event was on education and King’s vision for how American children should learn — regardless of race, social or economic standing. Phyllis Brazee, a UMaine […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough and pest management specialist Frank Drummond were interviewed for a Channel 2 (WLBZ) news report about a new Asian fruit fly – the Spotted Wing Drosophila – discovered in Maine that may threaten the state’s soft-skinned berry crops, including blueberries, strawberries and raspberries. Contact: George Manlove, […]
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The New England Sports Network (NESN) website included UMaine’s Alfond Arena in a poll question about the best places to watch a game in the Hockey East conference. To vote in the poll, go to the website. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A Bangor Daily News business column about the economic impact of winter activities in Maine including a mention of UMaine economist Stephen Reiling’s studies into the impact of the snowmobiling industry. The column cited Reiling’s finding that snowmobiling in 1996 accounted for more than $150 million in direct expenditures and more than $225 million in […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener Volunteers program was mentioned in a story on the website of the weekly Kennebunk Post. The story, which is about an upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration in Kennebunk, notes guest speaker Kathy Landrum, a social activist, went through the Master Gardener program in 2010. Landrum said the program […]
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