The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, WABI (Channel 5) and the Associated Press highlighted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program’s new video series “Mainely Dish.” Each video, which UMaine Extension will release each Monday, will feature a new recipe with step-by-step instructions for how to prepare the dish at […]
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The Daily Bulldog shared an announcement from the Greater Franklin Food Council that it, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Natural Resource Conservation Service will host an online and teleconference meeting to help Franklin County farmers cope with new obstacles presented by the coronavirus pandemic. The conference will be held at 1 p.m. […]
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Morning Ag Clips and the Associated Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has been accepting applications for its Master Food Preserver Program. Master Food Preservers teach people how to preserve food and share research from UMaine Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Applications for the program, which includes a $250 fee, must […]
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The Bangor Daily News included the University of Maine Museum of Art’s new virtual tours in a roundup of online activities to do at home on the weekend. The virtual tours of current exhibits will be offered each Friday, the BDN reported.
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The Associated Press, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), WABI (Channel 5) and News Center Maine highlighted a mobile app designed to reduce overdose deaths that was developed by Maine’s Office of Behavioral Health, in collaboration with the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab). The app, […]
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Melissa Maginnis, associate professor of microbiology, talked with WVII (Channel 7) about origins of the COVID-19/coronavirus name. The World Health Organization named the disease COVID-19 — CO for corona, VI for virus, D for disease and 19 for 2019, the year it started. Maginnis, a virologist, said COVID-19 refers to the disease caused by the […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed University of Maine student teachers Kaylee Grindle and Olivia Murphy, both seniors, about employing innovative remote learning techniques to educate and stay virtually connected with youth. Grindle logs onto a Facebook group created for parents of her first-grade students at Dedham School to check in with children and film herself […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed University of Maine junior Bridget Fehrs for its story about remote learning. Fehrs was slated to visit Ireland with her rugby team over spring break, but the trip was postponed to August. Fehrs said she understands the need to practice social distancing, despite some challenges she believes online classes will […]
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The Ellsworth American noted efforts of Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension in a story about seafood harvesters directly marketing their catch. Maine Sea Grant recently sent a flyer to oyster growers with advice about directly marketing their shellfish online, at farm stands or farmers’ markets, or at their farms. UMaine Extension […]
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Daily Bulldog and The Piscataquis Observer posted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s user-friendly webpage featuring links to recently completed resources related to COVID-19. UMaine Extension: Connecting with Maine Communities During COVID-19 lists diverse resources available to the public, including guidelines for farmers, educational resources for parents and children, and established services that have been […]
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