University of Maine students and Caribou natives Cameron Anderson and Chris Nadeau were interviewed in an Aroostook Republican & News article that was also published in the Bangor Daily News about their participation in the Education to Industry Summit held in Presque Isle. Anderson and Nadeau spoke about their summer internships at Presque Isle-based MMG […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about the resignation of Stephen Bowen as Maine’s education commissioner and the effect it will have on Gov. Paul LePage’s administration. Brewer said Bowen stepping down is a “relatively big deal” and “his loss is a significant one […]
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Felicia Dumont, food preservation program aide with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, demonstrated how to make and can pickles on WVII (Channel 7) for the latest installment of its “Backyard Gardener” series.
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Frank Drummond, entomologist at the University of Maine, was quoted in a TakePart article titled “Is climate change threatening Maine’s staple foods?” Drummond spoke about the spotted wing drosophila, a new fruit fly that is targeting the state’s blueberries. Drummond said the pests need to be monitored and managed, but harvesting berries earlier and using […]
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed Mary Ellen Camire, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, for the article “Struggling Mainers brace for cuts in food stamps.” Camire said Maine already has significant food security issues and even a minor federal cut to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or SNAP, […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited a Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center report written by Ann Acheson, a research associate for the center, in an article about the Poverty Institute forum hosted by the University of Maine at Machias. According to Acheson’s report, “Poverty in Maine,” 30 percent of children in Washington County live in poverty, […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for an analysis about the upcoming gubernatorial election. Brewer predicts the race will “be a very different one” and said Gov. Paul LePage will likely keep his solid conservative base while Mike Michaud and Eliot Cutler fight for […]
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Rachel Nelson, a performance artist and intermedia MFA student at the University of Maine, was featured in the arts and culture online journal BOMBLOG. She spoke about identity and power, and creating her work.
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Richard Wahle, research professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, spoke with the Boothbay Register about the increase of a shell disease that is infecting Maine lobsters. Wahle said the bacterial infection doesn’t make the lobster inedible, but a diseased lobster is harder to sell. He said the rising ocean temperature in […]
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James McConnon, economics professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article “School shopping offers a lesson on the economy.” McConnon predicts many shoppers will be spending smartly and may wait to take advantage of Labor Day sales. He also said school shopping season is an important time for […]
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