Marcella Sorg, a forensic anthropologist in UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center who researches issues related to substance abuse, commented in a Saturday Portland Press Herald report about Maine’s problems related to people with painkiller addictions. The story, by Press Herald reporter John Richardson, was the first in a six-part series.
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist on the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty, was quoted in a Maine Sunday Telegram story about fleas and how to manage them in a household setting. Dill points out that ridding a home of fleas is a tricky proposition, but that regular vacuuming is key.
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Prof. Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at UMaine was quoted in a Fishermen’s Voice news story challenging the assertions published in a recent Boston Globe report on the business of processing Maine lobster. The Fishermen’s Voice report provides perspectives from Bayer and others in the lobstering industry describing the business relationships between […]
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An exhibit at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport of UMaine Intermedia MFA student Gabrielle D’Italia’s work was reviewed in the Free Press, a weekly newspaper that covers midcoast Maine. The reviewer said the formal and material decisions D’Italia makes in her work feel deeply considered and are rich with emotional content and […]
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University of Maine student and staff volunteers are busy making last-minute preparations for Thursday, Oct. 20, when UMaine hosts the Campus Consciousness Tour, a national initiative to raise awareness of ecological and sustainability issues among college students.
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The Women of the World group, a social group of women sponsored by UMaine’s Office of International Programs, was featured in a Bangor Daily News story. The group has met monthly since 1978 for an ethnic meal and cultural presentation highlighting some part of the planet. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Comments from Bill Livingston, UMaine associate professor of forest resources, were included in a WCSH TV news report about this year’s foliage. Livingston said the foliage is about a week late this year, and there is no way to predict the intensity of the coming winter from the intensity of color changes in the fall. […]
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The Free Press, a weekly newspaper that covers midcoast Maine, noted the upcoming free public forum about Maine’s evolving wind energy resource, sponsored by the Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2Tech). The forum will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. UMaine Professor of […]
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In a report on a push to locate a racino in Washington County, the Bangor Daily News mentioned a 2007 study by UMaine economist Todd Gabe who found a racino in the county could generate $12-$13 million a year in slot revenue alone, mostly from out-of-state or Canadian visitors. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The blog for the U.S. Department of Agriculture had an entry about the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s recent visit to UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The visit was organized by USDA Rural Development in order for the Paris-based OECD to review how renewable energy projects are supporting rural economic development in […]
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