Comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension vegetable and small fruit specialist David Handley were included in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on the Asian spotted-winged fruit fly, which has begun appearing in Maine and presents a new threat to soft fruit growers. The fly can bore into unripe soft fruit such as blueberries […]
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University of Maine new media professor and design specialist Jon Ippolito was interviewed for a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on the psychological effects of the color, design and placement of political signs during campaign seasons. Ippolito said signs can create subliminal and symbolic messages from candidates and also can represent the presence of third-party […]
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An article in the Springfield, Mo. News-Leader newspaper about emergency services personnel preparedness for trouble during “Dayglow” paint concerts at colleges and universities included comments from University of Maine Police Chief Roland Lacroix, who said UMaine planned well in advance of a Dayglow concert last year at UMaine and after substantial research into what to […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer was among several political analysts interviewed by the global Reuters news service about what to expect Oct. 11 during the first of the vice presidential debates between Democratic Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin. Brewer […]
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Comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension Director John Rebar were included in a Bangor Daily News editorial urging support for an upcoming vote on referendum Question 2, a $7.8 million bond request for the University of Maine System. Rebar provided educational information on the work currently being done in UMaine’s animal and plant diagnostic […]
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University of Maine School of Forest Resources students and faculty members Rob Lilieholm, John Daigle and Bill Livingston, anthropologist Darren Ranco, coordinator of UMaine’s Native American Studies, and several Maine Indian Basketmakers were featured in an Oct. 4 airing of “Basket Trees — Saving a Tradition,” a Sustainable Maine documentary on the Maine Public Broadcasting […]
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Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about Maine Public Utilities Commission concerns about the profitability of an offshore wind-power project proposed by the Norwegian Statoil North America company. Dagher said PUC commissioners are not questioning the viability of offshore wind power technology, but […]
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An article in southern Maine’s KeepMECurrent newspapers about several Cumberland-area youths participating in livestock programs at local county fairs cites the students’ participation in 4-H, a youth development program run through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. UMaine Extension’s Jessy Brainerd, who was interviewed for the article, said 4-H membership has grown to 2,765 members, […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried a Falmouth Forecaster article about the town of Harpswell’s use of a parasitic fly — the Cyzenis albicans — to kill destructive and invasive winter moths noted that the University of Maine is assisting in the project by monitoring moth damage to town forests. The Maine Forest Service and University […]
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The Mass High Tech website posted an article about the Blackstone Accelerates Growth (BAG) program, in which UMaine is involved, and $3 million in funding from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to launch a new Innovation Hubs initiative in Bangor and Portland. The Maine Technology Institute, the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and UMaine are part […]
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