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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The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will host an after-school arts program for students in grades three through six from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 6 through Nov. 19. Workshop participants will be able to play interactive gallery games while exploring the current exhibits […]
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University of Maine geologist Gordon Bromley spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about his upcoming research expedition to Antarctica. Bromley will study how Earth’s largest ice sheet — the East Antarctic Ice Sheet — has responded during past times of global warming to learn about how it may respond in the future to human-caused climate change. […]
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The Bangor Daily News and The Maine Edge reported on a three-year, $2 million research project being led by University of Maine researchers that will use a popular video game to immerse rural Maine students in computer science and math concepts. Bruce Segee, the Henry R. and Grace V. Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer […]
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report about how some standard head lice treatments aren’t killing the pests. A recent study found lice in 25 states, including Maine, have developed resistance to the chemicals commonly found in over-the-counter lice […]
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The Maine Edge carried a University of Maine news release about the seventh annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk to be held Sunday, Oct. 4. The UMaine Counseling Center and St. Joseph Healthcare will host the noncompetitive 5K walk through campus and surrounding areas. Funds raised from the event will benefit research initiatives of […]
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The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Crop Insurance and Risk Management program announced a new webinar, “Crop Insurance 101 for Beginning Farmers who are Military Veterans.” The webinar introduces crop insurance as a risk-management tool, and how to navigate options and new incentives for beginning farmers. The program aims to educate […]
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The Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine was mentioned in a Scarborough Leader article about invasive red algae on Pine Point Beach. A resident of Pine Point told councilors that over the last three years the red algae seaweed has been plaguing the beach, according to the article. She said the […]
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Rick Wahle, a University of Maine research professor at the Darling Marine Center, spoke with the Associated Press for a report about the increase in black sea bass off Maine and New Hampshire as ocean temperatures rise. The sea bass, which prey on lobsters, have some fishermen and lobstermen concerned over the effect on the […]
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “Communities struggle to care for elderly, alone at home.” Maine — the grayest, most rural state in the U.S. — is among the first states to experience […]
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