The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine launched Learning With AI, an initiative to help faculty and students adapt to an educational landscape transformed by generative AI like ChatGPT and DALLE. “The evolution of AI tools over the past six months has been unprecedented. This has led to an urgent need for […]
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Jonathan Foster, community education assistant with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was cited in an article by Country Living about best practices in growing lavender, noting that aggressive pruning into the woody part of the lavender plant may kill the plant. Yahoo Life and Yahoo Sports shared the Country Living report.
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In an article about a new peak in global ocean temperatures, the Weather Network cited information from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing that the North Atlantic contributes to this global ocean temperature anomaly.
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The Ellsworth American shared that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a workshop titled “Introduction to Food Preservation” on March 29 at 12:30 p.m. at its Ellsworth office. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage.
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The Ellsworth American, Mount Desert Islander and Bangor Daily News noted that the 2023 UMaine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers monthly workshop series begins at 10 a.m. April 8 with David Handley, vegetable and small fruit specialist at the UMaine Extension, presenting “Grow Your Best Berries” at the Cooperative Extension office in Ellsworth. Registration is required […]
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Griffin Dill, manager of the University of Maine Tick Lab, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about the rise of the tick-borne disease babesiosis. Cases of babesiosis — a disease carried and transmitted by deer ticks with symptoms that include fever, chills and lethargy — have skyrocketed in Maine from nine reported in 2011 to […]
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Beth Bisson, associate director of Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine’s phenology program Signs of the Seasons, spoke to the Maine Monitor about how citizen science helps to track the impact of climate change in Maine. “[Researchers] could just never approach anything close to the volume that you can get if people from […]
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Lynne Holland, horticulture and social media professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a VIP caller on a segment of Maine Public’s show Maine Calling about how to deal with invasive browntail moths this time of year.
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The Bangor Daily News, Turner Publishing, CentralMaine.com, Daily Bulldog and Sun Journal shared that University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a two-part online training for adults interested in becoming 4-H volunteers from noon–1 p.m. on March 28 and April 4. A second round of the training will be offered from 6–7 p.m. on April 19 and 26. Register on […]
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In an article about a showcase of artist Carroll Thayer Berry’s woodcut prints at the Courthouse Gallery in Ellsworth, the Bangor Daily News noted that collections of his work can be found at the University of Maine.
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