Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with Seacoastonline for an article about shell disease becoming an increasing problem for lobstermen in Kittery. Lobster shell disease has been prevalent in southern New England for more than 20 years, according to the article. Although less than 1 percent of […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in “Harvest Happenings” segments on WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle). Steve Johnson, a crops specialist with UMaine Extension, was interviewed for “Harvest Happenings Part 10: Late Blight.” Johnson said late blight has been responsible for Aroostook County losing 5 to 10 percent of the potato crop […]
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Jonathan Rubin, a professor of resource economics and policy at the University of Maine, was quoted in the MIT News article, “Vehicle fuel economy standards as global climate policy.” MIT researchers — led by Valerie Karplus, assistant professor of global economics and management — have compared the worldwide economic, environmental and energy effects of currently […]
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Jennifer Crittenden, assistant director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, wrote an article for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Getting older doesn’t mean losing your teeth, and other myths about your chompers.” Crittenden wrote about three common myths related to aging and dental care, and the steps that can be taken to better […]
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Steve Eddy, a biologist with the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Farmed salmon from Maine now comes with more sustainability.” Modern Maine salmon farmers practice something similar to crop rotation, according to the article. Eddy said all permitted farm sites are […]
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The Daily Bulldog and Sun Journal carried a University of Maine news release about participants of Maine 4-H, an educational youth program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, competing at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Massachusetts. Nineteen students and their project animals competed — and placed — against more than 150 youth from […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Allan Arch, a 1965 University of Maine alumnus, who visited the campus from his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for his 50th reunion. Arch was a student during the university’s 100th anniversary and is experiencing another UMaine milestone as the institution celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. While Arch majored […]
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The Free Press reported the University of Maine will host “America’s Response to Global Instability,” a discussion by three top national security officials on how the U.S. government decides on courses of action. The talk, set for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 at the Collins Center for the Arts, is the 10th in the William […]
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John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “E. coli infections highlight concerns for Maine farmers in agritourism.” State officials are trying to trace the source of two E. coli infections, one of them fatal, in young children who visited a petting zoo […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Daily Astorian article about the Dragonfly Mercury Project that relies on national parks partnering with citizen scientists, such as students, to compile data. Biology students at Astoria High School in Astoria, Oregon have been collecting dragonfly larvae for the National Park Service project, according to the article. […]
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