University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor Rick Kersbergen was interviewed for a recent Maine Public Broadcasting report on organic dairy research under way in Maine. He discussed a study to see how different grasses fed to cows at organic farms improve or affect the quality of the milk they produce. Kersbergen is one of a […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Maine Public Broadcasting Network were among the news organizations reporting that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has announced a public comment period on plans by the Norwegian energy company Statoil to erect four floating wind turbines 12 nautical miles off the Maine coast. The […]
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Len Kaye, University of Maine professor of social work and director of the UMaine Center on Aging, was interviewed for the July 2012 issue of the national Health Workforce Information Center website. He discussed what many consider an inadequacy in the nation’s healthcare system to serve the onslaught of baby boomers who will turn 65 […]
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Robert Bayer, director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine was interviewed for a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on the lack of lobster meat processing capacity in Maine and why most lobsters are shipped to Canadian processing plants. For nearly 60 years, he said, Canada has been better equipped than Maine for […]
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Jonathan Farley, associate professor of computing and information science at the University of Maine, is mentioned in a new book co-authored by reporter Corey Hutchins, South Carolina Journalist of the Year, which was noted and featured Aug. 3 on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show. “The Accidental Candidate: The Rise and Fall of Alvin Greene,” a 2012 […]
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The science website science 2.0 carried a feature article about the Acadia Learning Project, a collaborative program involving the University of Maine, Maine Sea Grant, Sen. George J. Mitchell Center and the Schoodic Education and Research Center Institute (SERC) at Schoodic Point, which engages thousands of Maine school children and teachers to serve as citizen […]
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An article on the Wired Science website about the ecological value of giant blue whale feces included comments from University of Maine marine biologist Andrew Pershing, who said scientists want to understand how large whale populations might alter ecosystems. The article explains that whale scat can distribute nitrogen and fertilize the ocean, which can result […]
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An opinion column on Turkey’s economic develop efforts, by UMaine political science professor James Warhola and Egemen Bezci, an independent political analyst in Istanbul, Turkey, was published by Asia Times Online. The authors discuss Turkey’s reliance on the Istanbul Forum for Economic Cooperation Between Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan as a platform for advocating increased integration […]
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The science website PhysOrg.composted a University of Maine news release about the University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing Center’s assistance helping a local company develop and prototype a new absorptive swab device designed to assist law enforcement, military and others identify potentially dangerous chemicals, explosives or biological agents immediately, instead of hours, days or weeks. Contact: […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension food safety specialist Jason Bolton was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald article about identifying, preparing and grilling various cuts of steak. Bolton described how to identify a properly aged cut and said grass-fed beef usually are more flavorful than corn-fed cows. He also cautioned consumers to use clean utensils […]
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