The fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County was previewed in the latest entry of the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources.” The event is a self-guided tour of multiple gardens in Cumberland County on Saturday, Aug. 10, that is designed […]
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A quarterly jobs economic report released by the Maine Development Foundation and the University of Maine’s School of Economics was the focus of the Bangor Daily News editorial “Where are Maine’s high-paying jobs?” The study found the productivity of Maine workers is one of the worst in the nation due to the state’s rural nature. […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s John Jemison, water quality and soil specialist; Caragh Fitzgerald, agricultural educator; and James McConnon, business and economics specialist and professor at UMaine spoke with the Morning Sentinel for the article “Central Maine farmers markets gain in popularity.” Jemison talked about the limited opportunities in established farmers markets, Fitzgerald touched […]
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Alaska Dispatch reported on a collaborative ice core-drilling project in Alaska’s Denali National Park by the University of Maine, Dartmouth University and the University of New Hampshire. UMaine researchers include climate change scientist Karl Kreutz, Research Assistant Professor Sean Birkel and graduate students Seth Campbell and Tim Godaire. The project aims to help researchers better […]
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Edward Grew, a research professor in the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, was one of several researchers to aid geologists at the University of California, Riverside in their discovery of a new mineral, which they named qingsongite. Australian Mining and UCR Today carried reports.
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Adele Adkins, associate director of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about what Bangor’s entertainment boom means for the Orono facility. Adkins said the variety of options in Bangor brings the Collins Center back to its beginnings. “We don’t have to try to be […]
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ThinkProgress spoke with Robert Steneck, professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, and Andrew Pershing, professor in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute at UMaine, for the article “Lobster bubble: Maine’s lobster boom, and why experts predict a dramatic bust.” Steneck and Pershing spoke about the warming temperatures […]
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The latest column in the Portland Press Herald’s Maine Gardener series included advice from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and James Dill, pest management specialist with UMaine Extension. Despite advice from scientists at the Maine Department of Agriculture and UMaine Extension to avoid impatiens this year, the plant has been thriving, according to the […]
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An upcoming talk by Warren Riess, marine archaeologist at the University of Maine, was previewed in the latest Family Ties column in the Bangor Daily News. Riess, the author of “Angel Gabriel: The Elusive English Galleon” will speak about his research as a national expert in marine archaeology of the New England and mid-Atlantic regions […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) covered the University of Maine’s Football 101 clinic for women. About 30 women took part in Head Football Coach Jack Cosgrove’s second annual event that taught the women the basics of the sport and what being a football coach entails. Cosgrove and his staff offered a tour, […]
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