The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about the Black Bear Beauties Plant Sale that will be held in the Roger Clapp Greenhouses from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 16–17. Students and faculty in UMaine’s Environmental Horticulture and Sustainable Agriculture programs grow the plants that are sold at the sale. […]
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The University of Maine is one of nine arts groups in the state that will receive nearly $900,000 in federal money through the National Endowment for the Arts, according to the Portland Press Herald. UMaine was awarded $25,000 for a traveling exhibit on fiber folk arts, which is led by Maine Folklife Center Director Pauleena […]
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) about the arrival of ticks now that the weather is beginning to warm up. Despite the cold weather in winter, ticks are able to survive throughout the year, according to the report. “When you get a long […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin was mentioned in an Ellsworth American article about Sea & Reef Aquaculture, a company housed in the facility. Sea & Reef provides aquacultured tropical marine fishes to the saltwater aquarium trade. The company’s owner Soren Hansen is a native of Denmark who earned […]
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Engineering News-Record mentioned the University of Maine in an article about the world’s first composite floating bridge in Brookfield, Vermont. The 318-by-20 feet, single-lane bridge employs a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) flotation system with a 100-year design life, according to the article. The $2.4 million bridge is set to be completed by Memorial Day weekend. Since […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine and Maine Army National Guard held a ceremony outside Nutting Hall to mark the ninth anniversary of the death of Maine Army National Guard Staff Sgt. David Veverka. Veverka, a UMaine senior from Pennsylvania, and Staff Sgt. Dale Kelly Jr., 48, of Richmond were killed in […]
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On May 6, Technology and Caring for aging seniors was the subject of a hearing before the Senate Special Committee on Aging, chaired by Sen. Susan Collins. Among the academics and experts asked to testify on technology advancements in caring for aging seniors was Carol Kim, UMaine vice president for research and dean of the […]
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The Telegraph cited an article by Michael Socolow, an associate professor in the Communication and Journalism Department at the University of Maine, in a report about the overblown reports of panic following Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds.” In 2013, Socolow and Jeff Pooley, an associate professor of media and communication […]
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Marc Cryer, director of the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Decades in decline: The fall of unions in Maine.” Currently, 11 percent of Maine workers are members of a union, just slightly below the national average of 11.1 percent, according to the article. Cryer […]
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A 2013 study by Sandra Butler, a University of Maine social work professor, was cited in a Kansas City Star article about Missouri lawmakers voting to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would cut thousands of low-income residents off a federal welfare program. Butler’s study, “TANF Time Limits and Maine Families: Consequences of […]
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