The Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension mechanical weed control field day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at Rogers Farm, 914 Bennoch Road, Old Town. The hands-on event is designed for farmers, crop advisers and other agricultural community members. Tool demonstrations and research results for vegetable […]
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Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted the free fifth Annual Seed Swap and Saving Seeds Workshop on National Seed Swap Day — Jan. 25, 2020 at University of Maine Cooperative Extension Knox & Lincoln Counties office, 377 Manktown Road in Waldoboro. For more information, call Jean Vose, 207.563.7564, atgodslove@tidewater.net.
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The Ellsworth American spoke with David Yarborough, emeritus wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine, for an article about August weather and blueberries. The predicted yield is up from forecasts earlier in the season, partially due to cooler temperatures and thunderstorms, according to Yarborough. Last year, wild blueberry growers raised “an unusually small crop,” […]
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Medical Xpress published a University of Maine news release about a new study that found a majority of online recipes for home canning salsa lack adequate food safety standards. The study, led by University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor Kathy Savoie and Jen Perry, an assistant professor of food microbiology, examined 56 recipes for home […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered Early College orientation at the University of Maine. More than 300 high school students from 120 schools are getting a head start on higher education at UMaine this fall, WABI reported. Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education and UMaine, tuition is waived for all […]
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Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) reported the University of Maine has been awarded $6 million from the National Science Foundation to compile data to better assess, understand and forecast complex forest landscape changes. The project will bring together expertise and facilities from UMaine, the University of New Hampshire, and […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported 10 first-year students from five states are enrolled at the University of Maine this fall in the new Pathways to NROTC program. The students were selected for their academic qualifications, leadership qualities, and interest in pursuing science and engineering fields, according to the report. The applicants were members of their high […]
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WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Richard Corey, director of operations at the University of Maine’s Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab), and Paul Fink, a graduate research assistant at the lab, about an upcoming research project focused on interactions between autonomous vehicles and their human passengers. “We’re looking at what they call level five […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Mainebiz reported KinoTek, a startup founded at the University of Maine, will be one of eight Maine companies attending an international tech startup conference, TechCrunch Disrupt, in San Francisco in October. KinoTek, founded by recent UMaine kinesiology and psychology graduate Justin Hafner, uses virtual reality and motion capture technology to improve […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine will receive a nearly $750,000 grant from the National Aeronautic and Space Administration to study the quality, health and value of forestland in Maine. The three-year project is led by Parinaz Rahimzadeh, an assistant professor of remote sensing of natural resources at UMaine, and is expected to […]
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