Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership and director of the Hazing Prevention Lab at the University of Maine, interviewed with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution following hazing investigations at the University of Georgia, Atlanta. Despite reports to authorities from anonymous tipsters, no one admitted to being hazed or participating in hazing. Allan said this behavior in […]
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In an episode of “Maine Calling,” a radio show produced by Maine Public, Susanne Lee, faculty fellow with the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions discussed the issue of food availability and pantries with various heads of food pantries in the state.
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Bangor Daily News interviewed Colt Knight, University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and livestock educator, on a trend growing in popularity among Mainers to dispatch and butcher their own animals. “Home butcher appointments remain hard to get and homesteaders’ do-it-yourself ethos continues to grow,” Knight said.
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Stakeholders in Maine’s farmed scallop industry are planning to visit Japan to meet growers, harvesters, processors and others who can help diversify Maine’s coastal economy. Mainebiz cited a University of Maine report, which stated much of U.S. scallop farming techniques come from Japan. “We have learned so much over the years about scallop farming from […]
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University of Maine professor of pomology Renae Moran provided insight to CentralMaine.com and the Bangor Daily News on how this season’s drought has impacted apple orchards across the state. “Trees are very resilient, and they have a way of producing apples every year,” said Moran, who is also a University of Maine Cooperative Extension tree […]
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Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, spoke with the New Hampshire PBS program “Windows of the Wild” about the Appalachian Mountain Club’s See The Dark festival and the importance of preserving Maine’s access to a starry sky.
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Maine Public featured Richard Corey, director and co-founder of the University of Maine VEMI lab, on its show “Maine Calling” in a segment titled “A.I. in Everyday Life.”
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News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFFX (Channel 7 in Bangor) reported on the unveiling of the New Balance Track & Field and Soccer Complex and the renovated Shawn Walsh Hockey Center and Alfond Arena on Sept. 27. “When something new and well done […]
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Maine Public, News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) reported on the first Land and Sea Farmer Wellness Forum hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Among the topics of discussion was a survey in which nearly half of farmers and fishermen in the state say they struggle to access health care due […]
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Maine residents are worried about the possibility of the brown recluse spider migrating further north and into Maine woods, but experts say this isn’t a concern. University of Maine Cooperative Extension Entomoglist Charles Armstrong spoke with WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) about possible recluse sightings in the state.
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