David Barrett, an accounting lecturer at the University of Maine, was one of two winners of Inkshares’ Nerdist Collection Contest, according to Crowdfund Insider. Inkshares is a crowdfunded book publisher and Nerdist is a popular digital network founded by comedian and television personality Chris Hardwick, according to the article. Barrett’s book, “It’s All Fun and […]
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Bangor Metro reported Waldo County resident Bob MacGregor was inspired to start a wood bank after reading a Bangor Daily News editorial last November by Jessica Leahy, a professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine. “In the first paragraph she described a wood bank as, essentially, a food bank, just […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for a report about Gov. Paul LePage telling people who attend his town meetings to choose their legislative candidates based on their views on welfare and tax reform. Brewer said LePage’s effort could be used to ensure […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and cited information from UMaine Extension in the article, “Foliage report: Maine experts talk this year’s fall color.” Although Maine’s foliage season has been delayed this year, the recent heavy rain around the state may mean brighter colors […]
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George Kinghorn, director and curator of the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor, spoke with The Maine Edge about ARTober, a monthlong celebration of arts and culture in the city. UMMA is one of several venues participating in the celebration that will blend new events with ongoing programing by existing arts organizations, […]
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Bangor Metro published interviews with three University of Maine seniors who will be celebrated as part of the Black Bear football team’s Hometown Day on Saturday, Oct. 24, when they play the Stony Brook Seawolves at Alfond Stadium. Trevor Bates of Westbrook, John McCabe of Winslow and John Hardy of Portland spoke with the magazine […]
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The Maine Edge reported the connection between fire, people, soil and extinct foxes is part of a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Science Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Sawyer Environmental Research Center. Youth in grades six through eight will learn to use a coring device to collect soil sediments […]
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Elizabeth Nieman, an assistant professor of English and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Maine, and Elisa Sanse, a UMaine Ph.D. student in history, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “The Bangor school dress code controversy proves girls are still judged by their appearance.” Sanse is taking a […]
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Nicole Hogan of Bradley spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about losing her father to suicide when she was 20 years old. In honor of her father who loved to ride motorcycles, and to raise awareness for suicide, Hogan’s husband created a tribute motorcycle, painted purple with a suicide ribbon. This Sunday, Hogan will participate in […]
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Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for articles about Maine’s bountiful apple harvest and small Asian pear crop. In an article about this year’s bumper apple crop, Moran said some people may still have apples in July. “People like to see a […]
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