The weekly Free Press of midcoast Maine interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension fruit and vegetable specialist David Handley about growing hops for beer. Handley said people who want to grow hops should be cautious and keep in mind that in the early 1900s, exacerbated by the region’s moist climate, an outbreak of downy mildew […]
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A question-and-answer session with Jon Ippolito, UMaine associate professor of new media, that was done by the website Techno Arte News, was published on the website for Wired magazine. Ippolito discussed the complexities of the preservation of media art. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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In a report on the advance of the emerald ash borer beetle in New England, the Portland Press Herald noted University of Maine Cooperative Extension information about the impact of the ash tree in Maine. The fruit of the ash tree provides food for animals such as quail, wild turkey, grouse, grosbeaks and other songbirds, […]
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A Portland Press Herald story about the Three-Ring Binder high-speed computer network that has been installed in Maine included a comment from Jeff Letourneau, executive director of NetworkMaine, a unit of the University of Maine System, who is based on the UMaine campus in Orono. Letourneau told the Press Herald the driver behind the project […]
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Comments from UMaine football coach Jack Cosgrove were included in a Portland Press Herald sports column about trying to make sense of the events surrounding abuse at Penn State and the ensuing penalties to the university. Cosgrove said he is disappointed in former coach Joe Paterno, of whom he had high expectations. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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In her Pollways blog on the Bangor Daily News website, UMaine political science professor Amy Fried took issue with Gov. Paul LePage’s recent assertions that Maine school students are “looked down upon” nationally. Fried said the governor misrepresented the findings of a recent Harvard University study on how much progress the nation’s school students are […]
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UMaine fisheries research was cited in an editorial in the Journal Tribune newspaper of Biddeford about rising levels of acidity in the world’s oceans, which is threatening the existence of some fish. The editorial noted UMaine research that showed commercial fishing off the coast of Maine supports 26,000 jobs and generates nearly a billion dollars […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) reported on the Strong Mind, Strong Body, Inc. fitness and health summer camp for kids started by former Black Bear football player Roosevelt Boone. Boone, track team member Mary Fagan and football player Jamal Clay were interviewed at the New Balance Student Recreation Center about the activities. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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A Channel 5 (WABI) report on Camp Capella, an educational summer camp in Dedham for children and adults with developmental or physical disabilities, included comments from Jenn Dunham, program associate and diversity specialist with the University of Maine’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which administers National Science Foundation funding for the camp. Dunham […]
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Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was interviewed for a Hastest Solutions company news release posted on the San Jose Women’s Business Examiner website. The company said its role in the design, assembly and recent installation of the three-story environmental wind turbine test chamber at UMaine was a […]
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