The University of Maine report, “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 Update,” was cited in a Washington Post article on the increase in winter ticks in Maine and New Hampshire as winters warm. Conditions over the past few years have been almost perfect for winter tick population booms in the two states, according to the article. During […]
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Laurie Hicks, a University of Maine art professor and curator of the Lord Hall Gallery on campus, spoke with The Maine Edge about two related exhibitions the Department of Art will present as part of the 2015 Maine Photo Project. “Visualizing Home and Homelessness” includes more than 60 photographs that represent investigations into the concepts […]
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Gulf News reported on a conference in Abu Dhabi that was co-sponsored by by the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research and the University of Maine’s School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA). “The Challenges of Nation — Building in Arab Countries that have Recently Witnessed Change,” brought together experts and scholars from around […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article on Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap saying he may split the Republican Party’s proposed referendum effort on cutting taxes and reforming welfare into two ballot questions. Brewer said the welfare argument may be easier for Republicans […]
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Information from the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine was included in an Ellsworth American article about members of Halcyon Grange No. 345 in Blue Hill taking on the New England tradition of making bean hole beans. Native Americans first made the beans by “baking beans with bear grease in maple syrup in […]
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Jesica D. Waller, a graduate student at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, was interviewed for an Al Jazeera English television piece about ocean acidification and lobsters. “The cause for worry is really we don’t know enough to worry,” says Waller, whose research focuses on how American lobster larvae develop in acidic ocean conditions. […]
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The Maine Edge carried a University of Maine news release announcing UMaine’s yearlong celebration of its 150th anniversary continues with Open University Day on Oct. 17, held in conjunction with Homecoming, and Family and Friends Weekend from Oct. 16–18. A list of all public events throughout the weekend, including athletics events, art exhibits, planetarium shows, […]
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The Kennebec Journal reported the Pittston Consolidated School received a $1,400 grant from central Maine dairy farmers to promote more healthful eating and exercise. The Fuel Up to Play 60 program will enable the school to buy equipment for its playground, kitchen and physical education program as well as supplies for a new nutritional program, […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release previewing the 2015 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability. “When Science Meets Politics: Symphony or Slugfest?” will be presented by University of Colorado professor and author Roger Pielke Jr., at 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in Hauck Auditorium. The event will include remarks by Sen. […]
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The Boston Globe spoke with Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, for the article “New England seaweed the next big thing in local food?” Redmond said she she wanted to be a seaweed farmer since she was 15 years old, when she would […]
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