University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone participated in an interview about childfree-by-choice adults that aired Aug. 14 on Crosscurrents, a news magazine show on KALW Local Public Radio in San Francisco. Blackstone, an associate professor and chair of UMaine’s Department of Sociology, contributed her expertise to the documentary titled “Living Without” with Mette Jensen. While […]
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The Associated Press spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for an article about Mike Michaud’s expected announcement that he will run for governor. Brewer said though some moderate Republicans may support other candidates, Gov. Paul LePage can expect to win at least a third of the vote based […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about the success of Courtney Bed Inc., a Millinocket-based company that makes and sells handcrafted pediatric beds for special-needs children. Patrick Cyr started the company with the help of the University of Maine’s Knowledge Transfer Alliance.
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The Wall Street Journal interviewed two University of Maine students, John and Christine Carney, about their student loan debt and how it has changed their business plans for their startup, Through Thick and Thin. For their business, they make acrylic cupcake toppers, jewelry and ornaments using a laser cutter. Because of their debt, they have […]
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John Jemison, water quality and soil specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about the need for affordable health care for Maine’s migrant workers. Jemison said farm labor can be hard on health and its workers are notoriously underinsured and underserved. As part of a UMaine Extension […]
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University of Maine scientists have been participating in the environmental monitoring of a Portland-based power company’s tidal power project, according to the Bangor Daily News. Ocean Renewable Power Co. seeks to harness and convert energy from tidal waters into electricity and deployed a turbine generator in Cobscook Bay about a year ago as part of […]
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The Maine Edge previewed the University of Maine Museum of Art’s Summer Oasis Gala that will be held in the sculpture garden of Norumbega Hall in downtown Bangor on Saturday, Aug. 17. The gala will feature fine art, music and food in celebration of the more than 10 years the museum has been at their […]
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Richard Brzozowski, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator; and Anne Lichtenwalner, assistant professor, UMaine Extension veterinarian and director of the University of Maine Animal Health Laboratory, spoke about the importance of practicing bio-security on homesteads for the latest post in the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources.” The author of […]
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The Boston Globe interviewed Judith Collins, assistant scientist at the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology, about a fruit fly that is threatening the state’s blueberry crop. Collins, who is working with a team on ways to attract the spotted wing drosophila away from blueberries on small farms, says the flies can cause […]
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Katherine Mills, a research scientist at the University of Maine and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), and Harold Borns, founder of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, were interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for the article “Climate, ecosystem linkages explain salmon declines in Maine rivers.” The article also referenced a study […]
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