Anette Ruppel Rodrigues, a UMaine adjunct faculty member in German, was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about a play being performed starting Friday at Hauck Auditorium on the UMaine campus. Rodrigues translated the play, “The Hessian Officer in America,” from the original German into English. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulturist Kate Garland was interviewed for a Channel 2 (WLBZ) news report on fall gardening and lawn care tips as fall weather turns cooler and area residents prepare to put their gardens to bed for winter. She suggests pulling weeds to prevent a weed seed bed from becoming established and […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about projections for the fall Aroostook County potato crop. According to Extension, the story said, late blight was found in potato fields in Bridgewater, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Limestone and Caswell. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper had a story about the correlation between online ratings of professors and official evaluations of professors’ teaching. The story noted research published in 2007 by Ted Coladarci and Irv Kornfield, who compared rating systems for UMaine professors and found a strong correlation between the two systems. Coladarci is a professor […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension educator and apple specialist Renae Moran was interviewed for a Channel 2 (WLBZ) news report on the state of Maine’s apple crops. A Bangor Daily News article on apples also quoted Morin, who reported that this year’s crop is excellent. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Norrine Daly, a faculty member in UMaine’s Department of Animal and Veterinary Science and the event coordinator at the J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center, had an op-ed column in the Bangor Daily News. Daly advocated for voter support of the creation of racinos in Biddeford and Washington County, arguing a “yes” vote in the […]
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a feature story about basket maker James Frey, a Passamaquoddy artist from Princeton whose work has received wide acclaim. His work will be on display at UMaine’s Hudson Museum beginning Sept. 24 as part of “Transcending Traditions: The Next Generation of Maine Indian Basketry.
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Jeff Thaler, a UMaine visiting professor of energy policy, law and ethics, was featured in a Maine Sunday Telegram story about TEDxDirigo, a daylong conference held in Portland. TED (technology, entertainment and design) conferences are held all around the world, with the goal of “creating positive change.” Fifteen people, including Thaler and UMaine Prof. Habib […]
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Sunday’s Lewiston Sun Journal featured a Q&A interview with UMaine Cooperative Extension educator Tori Jackson, who lives in Wayne. She talked about her work with gardeners and farmers, along with others who work in natural resources-based industries, and her life-long interest in music.
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed retired U.S. Navy Capt. James Settele, assistant director of UMaine’s School of Policy and International Affairs, and anthropology professor Henry Munson, a specialist on the religious and political evolution of the Middle East and American foreign policy, for a story about the nation’s response to the terror attacks on Sept. 9, […]
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