Mary Ellen Camire, a University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition and past president of the Institute of Food Technologists, was quoted in a Sun Journal article about the popularity of pumpkin flavor. According to Nielsen, in 2014 Americans spent $361 million on pumpkin-flavored food and drink items. One reason, said Camire, […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on an 800-pound pumpkin named Peanut that was grown by a couple and transplanted in the Bangor Community Garden. The couple planted the seeds on May 1, and is bringing the pumpkin to the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta, where it may be made into a boat, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a series of “Preserving the Harvest” workshops from York to Knox counties from October into November. The workshops focus on how to preserve fresh food by fermenting, freezing or canning, according to the article. Kate McCarty, a food preservationist with UMaine Extension, […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the seventh annual Out of the Darkness Community walk held at the University of Maine. The noncompetitive 5K walk through the UMaine campus and surrounding areas was hosted by the UMaine Counseling Center and St. Joseph Healthcare. Funds raised go toward research […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on the new look for the University of Maine mascot, Bananas T. Bear. The new Bananas made his debut at the football home opener and will be seen in Portland at the Ice Breaker hockey tournament Oct. 9–10, according to the article. “As with every new bear, he’s receiving a […]
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The Boothbay Register and The Maine Edge carried a University of Maine news release on sea slug research by Doug Rasher, a postdoctoral research associate at the Darling Marine Center. Rasher and his team discovered an underwater sea slug has evolved chemical foraging and defense abilities that are functionally identical to those of terrestrial insects, […]
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The Mount Desert Islander reported Margo Lukens, an English professor, chair of the Department of New Media and director of academic programs in Innovation Engineering at the University of Maine, is one of four new trustees on the Abbe Museum’s board of directors. Lukens’ research interests include Wabanaki literary and storytelling history, Native American and […]
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Science magazine published a feature article on Aram Calhoun, a professor of wetland ecology at the University of Maine, and her efforts to protect vernal pools. Calhoun is leading an innovative effort to overcome two of the tougher challenges in conservation biology in the United States: protecting vernal pools that are critical to the survival […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on an interactive exhibition at the University of Maine Museum of Art by Paul Myoda, a Japanese-American artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Myoda creates sculptures investigating the transformative qualities of light, according to the article. “For many years I’ve been working with light as a material for sculpture. People […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, a University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition and past president of the Institute of Food Technologists, was quoted in a Food Dive article on the controversy surrounding funding for genetic modification research. “I hate to see anybody just rule out genetic modification outright because it’s evil. It’s how […]
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