WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) covered the Skate with the Bears event held at the Alfond Arena. Fans of all ages were invited to meet members of the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams during the free event Sunday afternoon. Also at the Alfond Arena on Sunday were Red Sox […]
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Lisa Morin, coordinator of the University of Maine’s Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about college food pantries. Morin said UMaine’s Black Bear Exchange food pantry, which opened in 2009, serves about 30 people a week and is self-sustaining through year-round food drives and fundraisers. She […]
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James Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to the Associated Press for an article about preventing garden slug infestations with baits and upkeep. He suggests removing any debris from the garden, such as straw, boards or leaves, that provide hiding places for slugs during the daytime. The Washington […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, spoke to the Portland Press Herald for an article about the potato industry and supporters in Congress pushing to scrap a policy that prevents women from buying potatoes with vouchers they get through the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) […]
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Robert Rice, a professor of wood science at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for two articles about mills in Maine. Rice was quoted in articles about the Verso-NewPage merger and the East Millinocket mill’s production shutdown. Rice said he believes the coated paper market’s struggles have been driven by […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Kelly Koss, a University of Maine student pursuing a master’s degree in food science and human nutrition, about her study on whether children are more likely to eat vegetables that are brightly colored. Koss said many youth in the United States don’t eat the recommended daily amount of vegetables, and […]
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The Morning Sentinel published an article about Katie Quinn, a bartender at Bullwinkle’s restaurant on Sugarloaf Mountain, who created a Bloody Mary mix to help reduce overhead. Quinn cites Recipe to Market, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension course, with helping her meet necessary guidelines, such as seeking her commercial kitchen license and label registration […]
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The Weekly reported on Kurt Rademaker, a University of Maine alumnus and faculty associate in the Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, winning an international prize for his ice age research related to the first human settlement in the high Peruvian Andes. Rademaker won the Tübingen Research Prize in Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, […]
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The latest column in the Portland Press Herald’s Maine Gardener series included information on programs offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff. Lois Berg Stack, an ornamental horticulture specialist with UMaine Extension, will teach soil science for gardeners April 15–16 at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Brunswick, and a beginning beekeeping course […]
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The University of Maine International Programs’ Study Abroad Fair will be held Thursday, Jan. 30 to inform students about the variety of programs available for all majors to study, intern, research or teach abroad. The fair will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union, and is free […]
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