The Midst interviewed Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, on the 4B feminist movement in Korea. “4B is made up of women in Korea who started to get fed up with the pressure to fix what the nation saw as the problem of low fertility,” Blackstone said. She added that […]
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In a column from the Sun Journal titled “Ask Maine Audubon,” Maine Audubon staff naturalist Doug Hitchcox highlighted an initiative started in 1984 by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in cooperation with Maine Audubon and the University of Maine. The Maine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project has generated more than 13,000 records […]
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Spectrum News, WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor), News Center Maine and WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) covered the State Summer Games by Special Olympics Maine that was held at the University of Maine June 7-9. Estimated to have brought in 5,000 participants, volunteers and attendees, the annual event […]
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Maine Public featured Caroline Bicks, a professor of English at the University of Maine and Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, and Marcus Librizzi, a professor of English at the University of Maine at Machias, on a recent segment of “Maine Calling.” The episode explored the cultural history of Maine and the lasting impact of […]
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A University of Maine study on the economic impact of Maine’s lakes and ponds was highlighted by News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, WGME (CBS 13 in Portland), WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) and 92 Moose. Supported by UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, the study concluded lakes and ponds in […]
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University of Maine Honors College Dean Ellen Weinauer, was featured in a “Maine Calling” episode from Maine Public celebrating the achievements and life of UMaine alumnus Bernard Lown. The U.S. Mint released a $1 coin for the state of Maine in May in honor of Lown, who invented the direct current defibrillator and won a […]
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News Center Maine highlighted the 4-H Tick Project from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The program, currently underway on Swans Island — located off the coast of Mount Desert Island, teaches kids how to protect themselves against ticks carrying diseases. Students from Aroostook County to southern Maine are involved in the free community science […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Angela Mech, an assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, on the outbreaks of browntail moths. Mech said outbreaks are part of the moths’ natural cycle, but changes in climate have caused significant spikes. Fox 23 in Portland shared […]
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Pamela Hargest, horticulturist specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, talked about garden watering techniques with News Center Maine for a segment titled “Gardening with Gutner.” Hargest said she is more careful to monitor rainfall in her vegetable gardens as opposed to perennial gardens because vegetables need a certain amount of rainfall each week. […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) interviewed Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate program administrator in pest management, on the abundance of forest tent caterpillars in Aroostook County this summer. Dill said the caterpillars can defoliate and kill trees over a span of several years and cause roads to get slick if […]
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