UMaine in the News

BDN interviews Dill on Japanese beetles emerging in Maine

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jim Dill, University of Maine Extension professor and associate program administrator in pest management, on the emergence of Japanese beetles in Maine and the threat they pose to gardens. Japanese beetle reports have started trickling in over the last week, and appear unevenly distributed across the state, Dill said.

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BDN reports on Penquis, ASCC partnership for affordable neighborhood

The Bangor Daily News reported on a partnership between a local social services organization, Penquis, and the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Penquis is considering a site in North Brewer to hold up to nine 3D-printed homes created by the ASCC, similar to the center’s BioHome3D project.

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Martha Stewart Living interviews Extension’s Singh on attracting ladybugs to gardens

Martha Stewart Living interviewed Ankit Singh, University of Maine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and Maine sustainable agriculture and ornamental horticulture educator, on the ineffectiveness of buying ladybugs for a garden as opposed to naturally attracting them. While ladybugs are natural predators of many common garden pests, buying and releasing them into a garden is usually […]

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Channel 5 shares wild blueberry fact sheet from UMaine Extension

WABI (Channel 5) linked to the Wild Blueberry Fact Sheet from University of Maine Cooperative Extension in a story on Williams Family Farm in Clifton prepping for the picking season. According to the fact sheet, Maine is the world’s largest producer of wild blueberries, with it being one of four native fruits to the Pine […]

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WMTW highlights new online database from UMaine hazing prevention research lab

WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) highlighted a new, online database from the University of Maine Hazing Prevention Research Lab that shares the stories of hundreds of people who died in hazing incidents across the U.S. “The hazing deaths database is invaluable as it illuminates the horrendous consequences of hazing for so many individuals, families and […]

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BDN interviews Agrrawal on upcoming changes to Northern Light Health

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Pankaj Agrrawal, professor of finance at the University of Maine, on an announcement from Northern Light Health that changes would be coming to the health care system. “[It’s] classic sort of virtue signaling saying the right words, because they know that the minute people see anything from them about finances, […]

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Channel 5 boosts UMaine researchers’ call for striped bass remains

WABI (Channel 5) boosted a request from University of Maine researchers to anglers, asking them to donate their legal striped bass remains after filleting. Researchers, led by UMaine graduate student Abrielle Remick, are using bass remains to analyze and understand the fish’s feeding habits. Remick said findings may help researchers and wildlife management make more […]

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