The Seacoast Online newspaper posted an article about a joint program of the Community Wellness Coalition in southern York County with University of Maine and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension services to offer a series of training workshops designed to help community group members become more effective advocates. The training includes skills and concepts […]
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An article in the Alaska Dispatch, originally published in the Christian Science Monitor, about hazing at secondary schools and universities becoming more frequent and more harmful than traditional pranks cited a 2008 study led by University of Maine researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden on behalf of the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention. […]
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An article on the MSN Today Moms Website discussing whether a “mom gene,” or a genetic link to nurturing traits and behavior, exists in mice included comments from University of Maine sociologist and department chair Amy Blackstone, who said evidence supporting such a gene in mice might send a negative message to women who choose […]
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Comments from Robert Bayer, director of the University of Maine-based Lobster Institute, appeared in an Associated Press story on the Boston Globe website, in advance of this week’s four-day Lobster Academy in New Brunswick. Representatives from supermarket chains, restaurants, cruise ships and other companies that buy lobsters are expected to attend. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
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A Bangor Daily News article on parasites threatening Maine’s moose population included comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension veterinarian Anne Lichtenwalner and several UMaine students who have been researching the effects of moose lungworm on moose mortality. UMaine student Jana Drury, postdoctoral research Sarah Barker and recent UMaine graduate and research assistant Darryl Ann […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and cranberry specialist Charlie Armstrong said in an article in the Maine Sunday Telegram warm weather resulting from climate change could be behind this year’s successful cranberry harvest in Maine. Armstrong also said crops like peaches, typically better suited for warmer, southern climates, could become more common in the […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Director John Rebar was interviewed by Channel 8 (WAGM) in Aroostook County about several UMaine Extension programs that help Maine’s agricultural economies, including the Maine Food System and 4-H Youth development programs. Rebar said UMaine Extension also will hire a new soil scientist for the Presque Isle office to work […]
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A Maine Public Broadcasting Radio report on the increasing demand for natural gas included comments from Richard Hill, a UMaine professor emeritus of engineering. Hill said one of the reasons people have a long wait for natural gas hookups is that the construction of highways has led to a more spread-out, rather that cluster-based, lifestyle. […]
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David Handley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and vegetable and small fruit specialist, was interviewed for Channel 2 (WLBZ) report on the spotted wing drosophila, a fruit fly that has Maine’s blueberry growers worried because it attacks ripening and not just rotten fruit. Handley, who is based at UMaine Extension’s Highmoor Farm in […]
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Robert Bayer, director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, was interviewed for a story in the coastal Free Press newspaper about a half yellow and half blue lobster recently caught off North Haven in the Gulf of Maine. Bayer said such oddly colored lobsters are extraordinarily rare and often hermaphroditic. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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