The Town of Orono is discussing how to move forward on building a skate park on the UMaine campus, the Bangor Daily News reported. Town Manager Sophie Wilson said the park would be built on campus, using a $10,000 donation made years ago to the town for the purpose of building a skate park, if […]
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The National Science Foundation Science360 science news Web site features a UMaine research project on Monday, Aug. 29. School of Marine Sciences professors Malcolm Shick and Mark Wells led an international team that determined that limitations on available iron contribute to choral bleaching. The research was published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography.
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Comments from UMaine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture specialist Ellen Mallory were included in a Foster’s Daily Democrat newspaper story about the revived local wheat movement. Mallory said a surge of consumer interest in locally grown food that has brought back the New England wheat industry, and farmers have recognized an opportunity to add another crop […]
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A Bangor Daily News genealogy column included a note that Jack Battick, a UMaine associate professor emeritus in history, and his wife Nancy Klimavicz Battick have authored a publication of interest to local genealogists. “Vital Records of Dover-Foxcroft” is a three-volume set of records from the town of Dover-Foxcroft in Piscataquis County. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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Friday’s Maine Hello new first-year student move-in activity was covered by the Bangor Daily News, WABI, WLBZ and WVII. More than 600 volunteers helped welcome the 1,848 members of the Class of 2015 and their families upon arrival during the day on Friday. More information on the class and the upcoming academic year is included […]
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An Inside Higher Ed story, “A Call to End Pledging,” includes comments from UMaine Prof. Elizabeth Allan, an expert on hazing in college and university environments. The story is based on a directive by Cornell’s president that student organizations work to create recruitment processes that do not include pledging.
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Lauren St. Germain of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty is one of the experts quoted in a Sunday Lewiston Sun Journal story about factors causing some trees to drop their leaves early this year. St. Germain and others attribute the phenomenon to the cold, wet spring and certain fungal diseases that have been prevalent around […]
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Comments from Lois Berg Stack of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty were included in Tom Atwell’s Maine Sunday Telegram gardening column. The article examined the factors that determine the extent to which people remain enthusiastic about home vegetable gardening.
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the volunteers at UMaine’s Fall Welcome Weekend.
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UMaine Cooperative Extension educator Kate Yerxa was interviewed for a Thursday news report by Channels 2 (WLBZ) and 6 (WCSH) about preparing for the effects of Hurricane Irene. Yerxa offered advice for stocking up on appropriate food and emergency provisions in case of power outages. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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