CBS News interviewed Jason Lilley, Maine sustainable agriculture and maple industry educator, on practices in the maple industry to make sugarbushes more resilient to climate change. “I just don’t want producers to be going out of business, and to see this industry start to decline,” Lilley said. “We can’t just sit around and watch this […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) interviewed Griffin Dill, integrated pest management professional at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, on what to expect for tick populations this spring. “In order for a winter to have a real impact on the tick population, as far as reducing numbers, we really need to see extended periods of […]
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) interviewed Daisy Dominquez Singh, University of Maine’s dean of libraries, about the resources the library facilities offer on women’s history. “Since I came here about 2 and a half years ago, I’ve been trying to push the fact that even though we’re an academic library — we’re not public […]
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Michael Socolow, professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece published by Inside Higher Ed titled, “When the Humanities Kept Us Sane.” Socolow poses the question: Have we already forgotten how the humanities got us through the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Maine Public interviewed Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center, and Neil Comins, professor of physics at the University of Maine, for an astronomy-based segment of the show “Maine Calling” featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Cindy Isenhour, associate professor of anthropology and climate change, spoke with The Seattle Times for an article titled “Do Seattle-area thrift stores still offer treasures at bargain prices?” Isenhour said that thrift stores traditionally see higher demand during periods of high cost of living. “When we see the price of new goods rise, and they […]
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Maine Public interviewed Renee Kelly, associate vice president for strategic partnerships, innovation, resources and engagement at the University of Maine, for a segment of the show “Maine Calling” about young inventors.
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The Bethel Citizen highlighted an effort spearheaded by the Bethel Conservation Commission and two University of Maine graduate students to develop a five-year energy plan and present it to town officials in the spring. A member of the commission networked with Sharon Klein, associate professor of economics at UMaine, who then connected the commission member […]
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A Rochester, Minnesota based outlet, the Post Bulletin, featured a story about Amy Blackstone’s new podcast with her husband, “Nevertheless Persisting”. Blackstone, professor of sociology at the University of Maine, and her husband center their podcast around the discussion of long COVID and their matrimonial duty: “in sickness and in health.” They met at and […]
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Jennifer Mooney, a master’s social work student at the University of Maine, wrote an op-ed published in the Sun Journal titled “Jennifer Mooney: A smarter approach to crisis response: Why Maine needs LD 298”. The bill LD 298 supports employing mental health personnel in Maine State Police to intervene in mental health crises.
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