CentralMaine.com advanced the free, public screening of the University of Maine at Machias student film “When The Chevy Breaks” at 6 p.m. Aug. 15 at the University of Maine at Machias Performing Arts Center. Student filmmakers talked with Down East Mainers about a problem they’ve had to solve and/or how they approach problem-solving in general. […]
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A Portland Press Herald gardening column shared Richard Brzozowski’s advice about planting oats as a cover crop. Brzozowski is the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s food systems program administrator. Columnist Tom Atwell said Brzozowski recommends oats to enrich the soil, prevent erosion and inhibit weeds. Oats, says Brzozowski, will be killed off by the first […]
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The Penobscot Times posted a University of Maine media release about university researchers Catharine Biddle and Elizabeth Hufnagel exploring the role of tone policing and the calls for civility in student voice. In a high school setting, where teaching students to be active participants in civic life is an educational goal, Hufnagel and Biddle said […]
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The Republican Journal advanced the University of Maine is offering more than 120 tuition-free courses for high school students. Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education and UMaine, tuition is waived for students of Maine public and home schools for as many as six college credits per semester/12 college credits per year. Those […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in an Associated Press story about Maine’s U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King offering a proposal — Combined Heat and Power Support Act — to help businesses that want to invest in energy-efficient technology. Collins says the university has “already been a major asset to the forest products […]
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Turner Publishing advanced the free, public pollinator day 2–4 p.m. Sept. 7, hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Falmouth Land Trust at the University of Maine Gardens at Tidewater Farm, Farm Gate Road in Falmouth.
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine is among the recipients of $6 million in federal grants to battle the opioid crisis in Maine, as part of $160 million in federal funding being distributed across the country. Community health clinics, hospital systems and UMaine will use the funding for treatment, prevention and to […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jason Lilley, a sustainable agriculture professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article on cover crops. Cover crops are sown between seasons after crops are harvested and fields are bare, helping discourage weeds and maintain soil health during the off season, the article states. And building soil resilience […]
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Bridie McGreavy, an assistant professor of environmental communication at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Maine Public report “After Last Year’s Poor Harvest, Mainers Work To Help Clam Fisheries Bounce Back.” Last year’s harvest of soft-shell clams was one of the worst in decades, due in part to closures of polluted flats and […]
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Medical Xpress published a University of Maine news release about research on spoilers conducted by Judith Rosenbaum, an assistant professor of media studies at UMaine. Rosenbaum found that small spoilers actually increased people’s enjoyment of horror movies, contrary to expectations. She and other researchers found varying, and sometimes conflicting, findings about spoiler effects, based on […]
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