The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with University of Maine art professor Michael Grillo and UMaine archivist Desiree Butterfield-Nagy as part of a series that focuses on the importance of humanities. In part three, Grillo and Butterfield-Nagy discuss the future of archives in a digital age. Both wrote articles in the special issue of Maine […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on pollinator gardens planted in May by University of Maine researchers at the former Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden. The gardens — one mostly flowers on the capped landfill itself, and the other shrubs at its edge — are intended to attract threatened native bees and nourish them with pollen […]
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Kathy Hopkins, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor, was a recent guest on WABI (Channel 5). Hopkins spoke about a free UMaine Extension introductory workshop on designing, constructing and maintaining root cellars for winter food storage. The workshop will be held from 5:30–7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at the UMaine Extension Somerset […]
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Jake Ward, UMaine’s vice president for innovation and economic development, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald analysis on offshore wind farms. According to the article, a project affiliated with the University of Maine, called Maine Aqua Ventus, could get another shot at the federal Department of Energy’s $47 million grant to help build an […]
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Richard Kersbergen, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator on sustainable dairy and forage systems, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about fall gardening. Kersbergen said he wanted to let readers know it’s not too late to do another round of planting for fall harvest. He spoke about ideal crops for late-season planting, such as […]
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A 2011 study by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in a Portland Press Herald article on composting in Maine. The study found 38.41 percent of what Mainers disposed of could have been composted. Plenty of Maine supermarkets, corporate customers, schools and other institutions have already embraced composting, according to the article, […]
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The Mount Desert Islander reported University of Maine geographer Stephen Hornsby will speak Aug. 25 about the “Historical Atlas of Maine,” as part of the College of the Atlantic’s final Coffee and Conversation event. Sarah Hall, COA’s Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Chair in Earth Systems and Geosciences, also will discuss the book in […]
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Alum survived Alaskan mudslide, Sun Journal reports The Sun Journal interviewed University of Maine graduate Dave Longtin, ’92, who survived Tuesday’s deadly landslide in Sitka, Alaska. Longtin, a public works engineer who was inspecting culverts, ran to escape the mudslide. Two people died and one is missing, according to reports. “[T]he guy I was running […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that a number of former Black Bears are slated to be inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. University of Maine hoop standouts slated to be inducted are Wayne Champeon, Liz Coffin, Steve Condon, Emily Ellis, Keith Mahaney, John Norris […]
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The Republican Journal promoted two informational sessions about the new online Master’s in Business Administration program, as well as the traditional program, offered by the Maine Business School at the University of Maine. The Sept. 10 session is 4–6 p.m. at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast and the Sept. 17 session is 4–6 p.m. […]
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