Bonnie Newsom, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Maine, spoke with ProPublica for an article titled “Tribes in Maine Spent Decades Fighting to Rebury Ancestral Remains. Harvard Resisted Them at Nearly Every Turn.” The Maine Monitor, Maine Public and the Bangor Daily News shared the ProPublica report.
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Kaiser Health News interviewed University of Maine faculty fellow Dianne Kopec for an article about toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, found in freshwater fish. Kopec said eating fish with high concentrations of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” may be more harmful than mercury. “They’re both really nasty,” she said. The Messenger, The […]
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University of Maine astrophysicist Neil Comins was quoted in a Discover Magazine article about how life on Earth would be different if it had two moons. In 2010, Comins published a book titled “What If the Earth Had Two Moons?: And Nine Other Thought-Provoking Speculations on the Solar System.”
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The Bangor Daily News and Daily Bulldog highlighted three new graduate certificates from the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development involving multilingual special education, adapted physical education and outdoor leadership.
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The Bangor Daily News promoted the 2023 Wabanaki Winter Market, which will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9 at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts.
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The Piscataquis Observer, the Bangor Daily News and the Sun Journal highlighted the 2024 wall calendar from the Maine Agricultural Mediation Program, which is part of University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The theme of the calendar is “Farming and Tending to the Land and Sea Throughout the Seasons.” It features 12 images from Maine-based artists […]
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The Castine Patriot reported on a talk delivered by Noah Charney, assistant professor of conservation biology, about his book, “These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes,” on Nov. 9. The Penobscot Bay Press shared the article.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a campuswide nonperishable food drive to benefit the University of Maine Black Bear Exchange food pantry being held through Dec. 15. It’s sponsored by UMaine Auxiliary Enterprises, Facilities Management and UMaine Athletics. Learn more about the food drive on the UMaine News website.
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Morning Ag Clips highlighted the University of Maine School of Forest Resources receiving the Austin H. Wilkins Forest Stewardship Award. The award, which recognizes the impact of the school’s teaching and research on Maine’s working forests, was given by the Maine TREE Foundation in partnership with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry.
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Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, a professor of clinical nutrition at UMaine’s School of Food and Agriculture, spoke with The New York Times about her research on the benefits of eating berries. Certain compounds in fruits like wild blueberries offer anti-inflammatory benefits and may help reduce cancer’s ability to develop, grow and multiply. Klimis-Zacas recommends eating one-half to […]
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