Science magazine spoke with Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, for the article “What’s it like to install a weather station at the top of the world?” Mayewski and Tom Matthews, a climate scientist at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, were interviewed about their experiences as members […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release advancing two half-day maple syrup workshops offered by UMaine Extension and the Southern Maine Maple Sugarmakers Association. The workshops will be held Saturday, Jan. 18 at the UMaine Extension York County office in Springvale, according to the release. “Intro to Backyard Sugaring: Maple Syrup 101” […]
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The Sun Journal reported staff from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H youth development program were recently honored as Northeast regional and national winners of the Diversity & Inclusion: Expanding the 4-H Audience Award and the Excellence in After School Programming Award. UMaine Extension recipients of the reward included professor Kristy Ouellette and science […]
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Linda Silka, senior fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Holidays bring gifts and good cheer — and a lot of trash.” Silka is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension was cited in the Click2Houston article “How to stop throwing away your veggies and fruit.” The article offered tips on choosing the freshest produce, and cleaning and storing it properly to make it last longer. Corn should be eaten immediately, but might last in the fridge for one to two […]
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The Lowell Sun quoted Ellen Mallory, an associate professor at the University of Maine in Cooperative Extension and the School of Food and Agriculture, in an article about a wheat-based alternative to plastic straws. The article focused on sWHEATie STRAWs, a side-gig business owned by Tewksbury, Massachusetts resident Anne-Marie Maguire that produces wheat-based straws inspired […]
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Der Spiegel interviewed Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, for an article about his experiences on National Geographic’s Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Everest.
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The Conversation published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine. The piece is titled “Think presidential debates are dull? Thank 1950s TV game shows.” The Alton Telegraph, MarketWatch and Salon also published the piece.
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Andrew Crawley, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Maine, for the article “Economic gaps underscore perception of 2 Maines.” Cumberland County is responsible for one-third of Maine’s economic output, while Piscataquis County contributes less than 1% of the state’s gross domestic product. This example underscores the […]
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Caroline Bicks, a professor of English at the University of Maine, co-wrote a humor column for McSweeney’s with Michelle Ephraim, an associate professor in humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The column was titled “I am Lady Macbeth, and your Facebook post about your kid’s early acceptance to Harvard really pisses me off.”
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