Kate Garland, horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for the latest installment of its “Backyard Gardener” series. Garland spoke about the community garden in Bangor.
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Jack Burt, trumpet professor and leader of the University of Maine Jazz Ensemble, Brass Ensemble and Trumpet Ensemble; and Christopher White, director of the UMaine Symphonic Band, Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band and Screamin’ Black Bear Pep Band, remembered former student Ashley Drew in a Bangor Daily News article. Drew, who underwent a […]
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Canada-based Progressive Dairyman published an article on harvesting forage safely by University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Steven Johnson, crops specialist, and Dawna Cyr, farm safety project assistant. The article originally appeared in Progressive Forage Grower magazine.
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Hampton-North Hampton Patch reported the University of Maine and University of New Hampshire were awarded $6 million from the National Science Foundation to conduct a three-year study to research how beaches and shellfish beds are closed due to bacteria. The project, known as the New England Sustainability Consortium, is being managed by the EPSCoR programs […]
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MsnNOW, Gawker, The Inquisitr and The Week were among news organizations to report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine. Oppenheim’s research suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. He came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera adult lobsters eating adolescent ones.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on research being conducted by the University of Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Connecticut and University of Delaware on the effects of Hurricane Sandy on plant and bird communities in tidal marshes from Maine to Virginia. The study aims to determine what makes marshes and these communities […]
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A Sanford News article about an anonymous benefactor agreeing to match funds donated to the Child Care Services of York County during the next three months cites a study by Philip Trostel, a University of Maine economist. Trostel’s study, “Path to a Better Future: The Fiscal Payoff of Investment in Early Childhood Development in Maine,” […]
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A Morning Sentinel article previewing this week’s Kneading Conference and Artisan Bread Fair in Skowhegan mentioned Ellen Mallory, University of Maine sustainable agriculture extension specialist and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project. Mallory is expected to give a presentation on the regional project and its goal to help farmers increase […]
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An article by The Forecaster on Portland adjusting to cruise industry changes cites a University of Maine study on the economic effects of ships in the city. The 2009 study, which was funded by Portland and conducted by UMaine economics professors Todd Gabe and James McConnon, estimated cruise ship visits contribute between $5.8 million and […]
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Mother Jones carried a Climate Desk report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine, that suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. Oppenheim came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera adult lobsters eating adolescent ones. The Climate Desk is a collaboration between Mother Jones, […]
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