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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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered a hike and memorial ceremony to honor fallen service members from the University of Maine and surrounding communities. On Saturday, 35 hikers carrying 25 stones walked more than seven miles from the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor to UMaine, stopping along the way […]
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Michael Day, an associate research professor of tree physiology and physiological ecology at the University of Maine, spoke with USA Today for the article, “Fall foliage season delayed by record warmth.” One of the warmest Septembers on record is delaying fall foliage in many parts of the country, according to the article. Vibrant fall colors […]
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Darren Ranco, an anthropology professor and director of Native American Research at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Yale Environment 360 article on a growing trend by Native Americans to bring back traditional food sources and improve damaged landscapes. “There has been a new movement by indigenous people to restore tribal lands and […]
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Jon Ippolito, a new media professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Fast Company article, “From Cory Arcangel to ‘Pac-Man’: How digital art curators save vintage data and hardware.” New media art has become popular enough with collectors to sell for thousands of dollars and digital art is often seen as a […]
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