Dave Lambert, University of Maine research assistant, was interviewed by WABI about late blight, an infectious disease of plants that can be ecologically and economically devastating. “It’s a very infectious disease,” says Lambert. “The organism produces thousands of spores in a single lesion. It occurs very rapidly. You can lose an entire crop in two […]
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Rick Eason, organizer of the Bangor contradance and professor of computer engineering at the University of Maine, talked with the Bangor Daily News about contra dancing in the state. “It reminds me of those old movies, where people get dressed up on a Saturday night and the whole community comes together,” Eason said in the […]
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Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about the Maine Seaweed Festival to be held Aug. 29 in South Portland. Event organizers, including Redmond, held the first festival last year and hoped for a decent turnout, according to […]
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University of Maine psychologist Jordan LaBouff was cited in the Bustle article, “10 ways to feel more grateful every day.” No. 10 on the list — “Be Humble” — mentioned research by LaBouff that was cited by Time magazine in 2012. LaBouff told Time that humility goes a long way in our personal lives and […]
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Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Let’s keep the faith in Social Security’s future.” Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about work winding down on about $25 million in construction and renovation projects at the University of Maine less than two weeks ahead of the start of the fall semester. The projects include about $5.5 million in work funded through a voter-approved bond to improve outdated labs, lecture […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio program. The show, titled “Childless by choice,” focused on the decision not to have children, why some people make that choice, and the related cultural effects.
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “A ticket into the shrinking middle class,” by Mick Peterson, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine.
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Anne Lichtenwalner, a University of Maine professor, veterinarian and director of UMaine’s Animal Health Laboratory, was quoted in articles by the Sun Journal and Associated Press about a Turner egg farm. Four years ago, Jack DeCoster’s corporate entities leased his Maine farms to Moark LLC, which last month quietly leased them to Hillandale Farms Conn […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Anna Sims Bartel, an associate director of Cornell University’s Center for Engaged Learning and Research, as part of a series that focuses on the importance of humanities. Bartel wrote an article in the special issue of Maine Policy Review earlier this year on the humanities and policy, produced […]
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