The County published a piece by David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, titled “How to identify, pick and cook fiddleheads — and when to leave them alone.” The piece, which was recently updated, originally appeared in the Bangor Daily News.
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The Working Waterfront adapted a University of Maine news release about assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology Jacquelyn Gill’s September 2018 expedition to permafrost caves in Siberia with an international research team to film “Lost Beasts of the Ice Age.” Gill, who examines causes and consequences of extinctions, said specimens from the last ice […]
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News Center Maine spoke with Hemant Pendse, director of the University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute and a professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, about a process that converts sawdust, wood pulp or any other wood biomass into crude oil. The FBRI, located in Old Town, operates a fee-for-service pilot plant where new startups […]
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Kristin Vekasi, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on NPR’s “All Things Considered” radio show. The show’s topic was comparisons between the U.S.-Japan trade conflict in the 1980s and the current U.S.-China trade conflict.
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The Republican Journal reported the University of Maine is offering tuition-free early college courses this summer to qualified high school students through a partnership with the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System. More than 50 courses will be offered in a variety of formats, including online and live courses at the […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kate Garland, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about protecting plants from an unexpected spring frost. “I think most gardeners who have a couple seasons under their belts have experienced cold damaged crops,” said Garland. “It manifests itself differently depending on the crop.” Frost […]
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Jordan LaBouff, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Integrating immigrants into Maine’s workforce benefits us all.” LaBouff is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge held at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. About 400 middle and high school students from around the state showed off their engineering skills by bringing scale-model offshore wind turbine platforms they built to the competition, WABI reported. All the platforms were equipped […]
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Roy Turner, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Maine, spoke with News Center Maine for the report, “The rise of deepfakes and disinformation.” A deepfake is a technique used to create phony human photos or videos based on artificial intelligence, according to the report. Deepfakes have just emerged in the past […]
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The Sun Journal and Mainebiz reported on the Manufacturers Association of Maine’s annual summit held in Auburn. Hundreds of attendees from 132 companies turned out at the Maine Manufacturing Summit to talk challenges and innovation, answer state trivia and watch high school robotics demonstrations, according to the Sun Journal. “Innovator of the Year” was awarded […]
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