Rachel White, an assistant professor and Maine sustainable agriculture and livestock educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News on the lack of health care professionals to aid livestock farmers in Maine. White said many farmers use social media to diagnose and treat their animals, as well as to […]
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News Center Maine highlighted the research and development partnership between the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and the co-founders of TimberHP to create wood fiber insulation. The insulation, made from wood chips, is renewable, recyclable and carbon-negative. It is being produced at an old paper mill in Madison and has gained interest […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of the University of Maine Department of Political Science, following the conviction of former President Donald Trump. Brewer said probation and fines are more likely than jail time, but his felony conviction doesn’t impact his ability to run in the 2024 presidential election. It […]
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Mainebiz interviewed Jason Entsminger, an assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation and small business specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Business School. Entsminger said the business landscape for agriculture in Maine is rapidly changing as people seek to reconnect with traditional, slow-food ways of life and farmers find new ways to […]
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In an issue of Intelligencer from New York Magazine, University of Maine associate professor of plant genetics Ek Han Tan was highlighted for his role in discovering why scientists were having trouble genetically producing an American chestnut tree deemed Darling 58. Tan worked with a professor from the University of New England and discovered that […]
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Jason Lilley, a maple industry educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by Mainebiz for a story on how farmers are adapting to land changes brought on by climate change. Lilley, focusing on how the maple industry is being affected, said sugar maples have shallow, sensitive roots that are protected by snowpack. “We’re […]
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The Portland Press Herald and U.S. Sun featured an interview with Kerry Bernard, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pesticide safety education program professional, on a pesticide used on property in Camden. Bernard said the pesticide, Tebuthiuron, is problematic because it is mobile in water, doesn’t easily break down and takes little to damage vegetation. […]
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Bangor Daily News featured the role of the University of Maine VEMI Lab in researching to further integrate human needs into autonomous vehicle technology. Richard Corey, director of the lab, said a lot of their research is based on the idea that the technology and safety improvements associated with autonomous vehicles are great, but are […]
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Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, was interviewed by WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) on precautions to take during tick season in Maine’s summer months. Based on samples received at the Tick Lab, Dill said the most common species to encounter in Maine […]
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Noah Charney, an assistant professor of conservation biology at the University of Maine, was featured in a profile by the New York Times for his work on understanding and interacting with landscapes. Charney practices reading the land around him — its past, present, potential for the future by picking up on patterns not easily noticed […]
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