Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some 150 diplomats, scholars and military analysts participated in a March 6-7 conference, co-sponsored by the University of Maine’s William S. Cohen Center for International Policy and Commerce and the National Defense University (NDU). The conference addressed a wide range of issues related to nuclear proliferation […]
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Contact: Bill Murphy, 581-4124; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Problems resulting from construction employee misclassification as independent contractors are highlighted in a briefing paper released recently by the UMaine Bureau of Labor Education, titled “Stretching the Law, Stressing the State – Misclassified Workers in Maine’s Construction Industry.” According to one of the studies cited in […]
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Contact: Sarah Nelson, 581-3254 While Acadia National Park is often perceived as remote and pristine, the park’s fish, wildlife, and human visitors are vulnerable to mercury contamination that persists throughout North America. New research has documented that fish, amphibians, and even tree swallows from Acadia carry heavy burdens of mercury. Now, in a series of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Combining two departments with complementary expertise, the University of Maine has created a new School of Economics. The new structure is intended to enhance UMaine’s ability to serve contemporary student interest and to address statewide needs. Formed by merging the Dept. of Economics and the Dept. of […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Nic Blouin, a doctoral student in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences, is pursuing a ground-breaking research project focused on the reproductive biology of the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis — also known as nori to the sea vegetable gourmand. Working with UMaine marine science professor Susan Brawley, Blouin […]
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Contact: Ben Slayton (207) 228-1638; David Munson (207) 581-3777 PORTLAND, Maine — In a paper published in a recent issue of the journal Science, Andrew Pershing, of the UMaine School of Marine Sciences and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and Charles Greene, of Cornell University’s Ocean Resources and Ecosystems Program, state that significant changes […]
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Contact: Dan Sandweiss (207) 581-1889; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Ancient food remains discovered in Peru by UMaine anthropologist Dan Sandweiss are helping not only to push back the frontiers of agriculture in the Americas, but to further our understanding of how humans ate as much as 8000 years ago. Cutting edge microfossil […]
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Contact: Natalie Springuel (207) 288-2944 x298; Kristen Whiting-Grant (207) 646-1555 x115 ORONO, Me.– Maine’s coastal communities recently have acquired two legal tools to protect public access for traditional marine resource uses, or working waterfronts. While current use taxation and the working waterfront land bond are significantsteps forward, they are only a fraction of the legal […]
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Contact: Jill Coffren, 207-645-3248 ORONO, ME. — Maine 4-H International Exchange, a program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is offering Maine families the chance to host a Japanese student for a month this summer, between July 27 and August 22. This program is open to families with same-gender children close in age to the […]
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Contact: Natalie Springuel, 207-288-2944 x298; Kristen Whiting-Grant, 207-646-1555, x115 ORONO, Me.– Maine’s coastal communities recently have acquired two legal tools to protect public access for traditional marine resource uses, or working waterfronts. While current use taxation and the working waterfront land bond are significantsteps forward, they are only a fraction of the legal or policy […]
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