WMTW (Portland) featured data published by the University of Maine and several state agencies in an article about the Portland Public Health Center adding fentanyl test strips to their harm reduction kits. According to the report, 632 people died of suspected overdoses in 2021. Of those deaths, autopsy results showed 77% were caused by fentanyl.
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The Bangor Daily News shared information about a talk hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions on bringing together diverse interests to slow the spread of the invasive emerald ash borer and protect Maine’s ash trees. The event is April 11 from 3–4 p.m. Registration is required to attend remotely via […]
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The Sun Journal and Daily Bulldog shared information about a University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar for home gardeners about designing welcoming landscapes, noon–1:15 p.m. April 29. Register on the program web page.
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The Associated Press spoke with Walt Golet, research assistant professor at the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, about the impact of Russian sanctions on the global seafood industry. Golet said that the lack of Russian cod could mean pivoting to other foreign sources for U.S. producers of seafood staples, such as fish and […]
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Inside Higher Education and the Chronicle of Higher Education featured a study by Leah Hakkola, associate professor of higher education at the University of Maine, and doctoral student in higher education Sarah Dyer exploring how faculty search chairs’ status and social identities impact interpersonal committee dynamics and decisions about hiring diverse candidates. The researchers found […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory at the University of Maine, about the breeder certification chicken owners should look for when purchasing chicks amid the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. Lichtenwalner told the BDN that people should purchase chicks only from breeders and hatcheries that are certified by the […]
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Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology, was interviewed for WGME Portland about Maine currently suffering through the worst infestation of browntail moths since they were first introduced to the state around the turn of the 20th century, more than 100 years ago. The current outbreak, which started in 2015, festered quietly for several years […]
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In an article about China’s monopoly over ocean container production and the potential threat it poses to the U.S. economy, American Shipper highlighted the company Global Secure Shipping, which plans to commercialize a new smart container manufactured using composite shipping materials with technology developed through research by the University of Maine and Georgia Institute of […]
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Potato industry publication SpudSmart featured a presentation by Jay Hao, associate professor of plant pathology, at the International Potato Technology Expo. Hao presented on the outbreak of potato blackleg and soft rot in the northeastern United States, stating that Dickeya dianthicola was the pathogen identified as the source of the 2015 black leg and soft […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Mount Desert Islander reported on a University of Maine and Maine Medical Center study illustrating how Lyme disease-causing ticks have increased in Maine. The researchers suggested that the emergence of blacklegged ticks in the Holt Research Forest could be linked in part to climate change and an increase in the […]
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