UMaine in the News

Media highlight economic impact study from UMaine on state lakes

A University of Maine study on the economic impact of Maine’s lakes and ponds was highlighted by News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, WGME (CBS 13 in Portland), WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) and 92 Moose. Supported by UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, the study concluded lakes and ponds in […]

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Weinauer featured in ‘Maine Calling’ celebrating UMaine alumnus Lown

University of Maine Honors College Dean Ellen Weinauer, was featured in a “Maine Calling” episode from Maine Public celebrating the achievements and life of UMaine alumnus Bernard Lown. The U.S. Mint released a $1 coin for the state of Maine in May in honor of Lown, who invented the direct current defibrillator and won a […]

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News Center highlights tick project from UMaine Extension

News Center Maine highlighted the 4-H Tick Project from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The program, currently underway on Swans Island — located off the coast of Mount Desert Island, teaches kids how to protect themselves against ticks carrying diseases. Students from Aroostook County to southern Maine are involved in the free community science […]

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Mech interviewed by media on browntail moth outbreak

WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Angela Mech, an assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, on the outbreaks of browntail moths. Mech said outbreaks are part of the moths’ natural cycle, but changes in climate have caused significant spikes. Fox 23 in Portland shared […]

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Extension’s Hargest gives News Center Maine tips on watering gardens

Pamela Hargest, horticulturist specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, talked about garden watering techniques with News Center Maine for a segment titled “Gardening with Gutner.” Hargest said she is more careful to monitor rainfall in her vegetable gardens as opposed to perennial gardens because vegetables need a certain amount of rainfall each week. […]

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Dill interviewed by WAGM on forest tent caterpillars

WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) interviewed Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate program administrator in pest management, on the abundance of forest tent caterpillars in Aroostook County this summer. Dill said the caterpillars can defoliate and kill trees over a span of several years and cause roads to get slick if […]

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Newsletter on PFAS from Extension’s Fitzgerald cited by BDN

Bangor Daily News referenced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension newsletter on a group of chemicals known as PFAS written by Caragh Fitzgerald, an associate Extension educator for agriculture and an associate Extension professor. Fitzgerald wrote that uncoated corrugated cardboard is less likely to contain PFAS, and any PFAS in it will likely be diluted […]

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Maine media boost hazing prevention consortium, research

WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and News Center Maine attended the Hazing Prevention Consortium summit held at the University of Maine’s Buchanan Alumni House June 4-5. The summit was created and organized by StopHazing, a group founded by UMaine professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan. It is an annual […]

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Extension’s Koehler featured in Press Herald’s climate council coverage

The Portland Press Herald featured comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate scientist Glen Koehler in a report from the latest Maine Climate Council meeting on Wednesday, May 29. Koehler said shorter winters — longer growing seasons — and warming temperatures should be an advantage for Maine producers and presented the latest scientific findings […]

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