The Bangor Daily News, Daily Bulldog and Boothbay Register shared information about a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop for the home barbeque and smoker cook 4:30–6:30 p.m. on April 19 at Southpaw Meat Market, 1233 Roosevelt Trail #12, Raymond. Colt Knight, UMaine Extension associate professor and state livestock specialist, will lead the workshop with […]
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Jean MacRae, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Maine Monitor in an article about the importance of quality compost for Maine’s soil health, especially in light of the PFAS crisis. MacRae said that given the difficulty determining which paper and cardboard materials contain PFAS, it’s best to […]
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Katherine Garland and Pamela Hargest, horticultural professionals at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a panelist on the Maine Public show “Maine Calling” answering listener questions about gardening. Garland and Hargest addressed questions about seeds, soil, planting, trees, pests and more.
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Aaron Weiskittel, an associate professor of forest biometrics at the University of Maine, and Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture and maple professional, were featured in Maine Public discussing the impact of climate change on maple production. Weiskittel, who was part of a team of researchers that four years ago analyzed […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/Channel 7 Bangor) featured research conducted at the University of Maine about how animals’ personalities impact the way they shape the environment around them. Allison Brehm, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology at the UMaine and principal author of the study, explained that deer mice who are […]
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David Fuller, a recently retired University of Maine Cooperative Extension agriculture and nontimber forest products professional, was mentioned in the Daily Bulldog and CentralMaine.com in an article about the upcoming Maine Fiddlehead Festival. Fuller will lead the signature walk and talk on fiddlehead ferns at the festival on April 30 at the University of Maine […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy was interviewed by Newsradio WGAN (AM 560/FM 98.5) about Maine Impact Week. Maine Impact Week is a week-long experience occurring in April of every year, culminating in the UMaine Student Symposium held on Friday. Events are hosted by groups all over campus and featured on the Maine Impact Week […]
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The Sun Journal featured University of Maine data in a sweeping report about opioid drug deaths in Maine. The Sun Journal analyzed annual confirmed drug death counts, from 1997 through September of 2021, using data from drug death reports from the Rural Drug and Alcohol Research Program at the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/Channel 7 Bangor) reported on the Career Ready games, a series of challenges that help students develop skills employers expect hosted by UMaine’s Career Center and the Maine Business School. More than 100 students in teams of six signed up for the virtual competition with five challenges designed to enhance students’ career skills. […]
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The Times Record highlighted 2022 University of Maine valedictorian Dominique DiSpirito, a political science major from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and salutatorian Maxwell Burtis, a mechanical engineering major from Brunswick, Maine.
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