The Portland Press Herald cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension fact sheet in an article on a proposed gypsy-moth quarantine for the state. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry wants to expand a partial state quarantine established in 2010 to cover the whole state, to make it easier to ship forest products […]
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Joan Ferrini-Mundy, president of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, was a recent guest on WVOM’s “George Hale and Ric Tyler Show.” President Ferrini-Mundy reflected on her time in the position so far and discussed R&D, workforce development and more, as well as what’s next for the campuses.
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Nory Jones, professor of management information systems with the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, for a report advancing the Pets 4 Vets benefit dodgeball tournament to be held 1–4:30 p.m. March 31 at UMaine’s New Balance Field House. Hosted by MBS Corps, UMaine Army ROTC and the […]
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Assembly magazine interviewed Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center; and James Anderson, senior R&D program manager at the UMaine Composites Center; for an article about boatbuilding at the center. The UMaine Composites Center is continuing a long-standing tradition of boatbuilding in the state of Maine by using […]
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The Associated Press quoted Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine, in an article about planting flowering herbs to help bees. Herbs appeal to a variety of bee species, and can help provide the declining populations with the plants they need to thrive, the article states. […]
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Karen Keim was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Keim is the associate director of the Maine Educational Opportunity Center and Maine Educational Talent Search, a federally funded program that works with adults to help them go to college, based at the University of Maine. The show’s topic was programs to […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel profiled an incoming University of Maine student who plans to enroll in the Division of Music for the upcoming fall semester. Nathanael Batson, a senior at Lawrence High School, is the 2019 Section I recipient of the National High School Heart of the Arts Award, and is eligible to […]
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Seacoast Online cited University of Maine Cooperative Extension in an article about the beginning of spring planting season. While it’s still too early to plant outdoors, some tasks can be done ahead of time, like soil testing. UMaine Extension recommends testing soil at least once every three years. The UMaine Analytical Lab offers kits to […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced a University of Maine Hutchinson Center program, “Past Trauma and Current Relationships: Integrating Nonviolent Communication and Interpersonal Neurobiology,” to be held 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. May 6 and 7 at the center in Belfast. The program will benefit participants from a variety of fields including for-profit and nonprofit sectors, education, health […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, for the article “Why Maine is seeing more record high temperatures.” According to a study by the Associated Press, Maine has broken five daytime record high temperatures for every record low temperature […]
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