A Kennebec Journal report on additions to the state’s list of genetically engineered seeds grown in Maine included comments from UMaine Cooperative Extension water and soil specialist John Jemison, Jr. Jemison, who serves on the Maine Board of Pesticide Control, headed up the board’s technical advisory committee that looked into two Bt-corn products that have […]
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Jim Dill, a UMaine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, was quoted in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio story about an Asian fruit fly which has been found in five monitoring locations in Maine. Dill said the pest could decimate Maine’s $190 million blueberry harvest. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A Bangor Daily News report on a study about childless adults on MaineCare included a mention of Sandra Butler, a UMaine social work professor who interviewed seven participants for the study, which found more than 40 percent of childless adults covered through MaineCare are older than 45 and many have serious medical conditions. The study […]
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An opinion column in a recent edition of the Bangor Daily News by UMaine political science professor Amy Fried discusses the personal and economic consequences of reducing the state budget by reducing health care insurance coverage for Maine residents. Untreated illnesses sap strength and limit lives, Fried writes, and doesn’t save money in the long […]
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A recent column in the Bangor Daily News by Ivan Manev, dean of the Maine Business School, discusses the importance of access to sound business and marketing expertise to entrepreneurs trying to move forward with new ideas or inventions. Evaluating entrepreneurial opportunity is critical to the entrepreneurial process, he says. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Comments by Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and pest management specialist, are included in a story by Channel 8 (WMTW) in Portland on the discovery of an Asian fruit fly that has recently been identified in Maine. Soft-skinned fruit like blueberries and raspberries, and possibly vegetables, are most at risk regardless of […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension fruit and pest management specialists monitoring for a particularly destructive non-native fruit fly have discovered its presence at five locations in Maine.
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The University of Maine Museum of Art has received a gift of 10 works of art by noted artist and printmaker Beth Van Hoesen (1926-2010) from the E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust, which is based in San Francisco, for UMMA’s permanent collection. The donation is valued at more than $18,000 and […]
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Len Kaye, professor of social work and director of the UMaine Center on Aging, was interviewed for a Channel 7 (WVII) evening news report Jan. 6 about a recent study by the center on the legal needs of Maine’s older adults. Kaye said older people continue to need legal advice on health insurance and social […]
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The Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine will present the 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration Monday, Jan. 16 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the UMaine Wells Conference Center.
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