The Vermont publication Seven Days featured the University of Maine’s surveying degree program in an article about the decrease in surveying professionals in the state. According to the article, the Vermont Society of Land Surveyors had 157 members 20 years ago. Now, it has just 74. Many are retiring, and few people are moving in […]
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MedicalResearch.com interviewed Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, professor of clinical nutrition at the School of Food and Agriculture, about her research on the wound-healing power of phenolic extract from wild blueberries. Klimis-Zacas said, “Discovering new therapeutic modalities for wound healing, especially plant extracts will aid millions of people by decreasing chronic wound complications and amputation with subsequent effects […]
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News Center Maine featured the University of Maine’s introductory course to cannabis cultivation and science, taught by Cooperative Extension professor John Jemison. “I think there is going to be interest across the country to make this go, particularly as it does get legalized further,” Jemison said.
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The Piscataquis Observer shared information about a free webinar for farmers on soil health management offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension from 6–7:30 p.m. on April 20. Webinar topics include what soil health is, how it is measured and how to improve total soil health by managing a farm’s cropping system. The webinar […]
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The Associated Press interviewed Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology & plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, for an article about climate “doomism.” Gill told the AP that she has noticed fewer people telling her climate change isn’t real and more “doomers” who believe nothing […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI-5 (Bangor) reported on the 2022 Cohen Lecture, where Former Secretaries of Defense Gen. James Mattis and William Cohen referred to Russian president Vladimir Putin as a war criminal. Mattis, who was President Donald Trump’s first Secretary of Defense, said he thinks Putin has already lost the war he started. […]
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Centralmaine.com shared information about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension hosting an online discussion about farm labor guidelines on Tuesday and Thursday, April 19 and 21. These two programs will be led by Brian Cleasby from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. The April 19 session will focus on the requirements of […]
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Country Folks Grower featured a webinar presentation led by Lily Calderwood, University of Maine Cooperative Extension wild blueberry specialist and assistant professor of horticulture, aimed at demystifying the process of finding farmworkers and applying for H-2A visa farmworkers. Calderwood advised farmers to start early, as the program has strict deadlines. Farmers must submit their applications […]
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Alan Kryszak, a member of the University of Maine at Machias creative arts faculty, has produced his third solo album, “Murmur Rations,” reviewed in the Machias Valley News Observer and Bangor Daily News. The European venue Moving Classics TV published a Q&A with Kryszak about his 35-year career as a composer and guitarist, including a […]
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Verve Times, R1 News, ZME Science, AZO Life Sciences, New Atlas, International Business Times,Medical Xpress, ScienMag, SciTech Daily, News Medical, Ruetir, Knowridge Science Report and the American Physiological Society highlighted research conducted by a group led by Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture. The researchers […]
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