WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News quoted Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, in reports on new technology the center helped develop for a composite bridge business in Brewer. AIT Bridges and the UMaine Composites Center are launching a composite tub girder, […]
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Eos spoke with Jasmine Saros, a professor and associate director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, for an article on her new research that found Greenland is highly sensitive to recent warming trends. Ecosystems in this most rapidly warming part of the world are more sensitive to sudden climate shifts than […]
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A Bangor Daily News article about a gardening initiative at the Maine State Prison in Warren mentioned the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener Program. The prison gardening program is in its third season and is run entirely by inmates, encompassing about 2.5 acres of the grounds to grow vegetables to feed the prison […]
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Morning Ag Clips previewed a five-week beginner beekeeping school to be hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Beekeepers Association, beginning Sept. 26. Sessions will be held 6–8:30 p.m. through Oct. 24 at the Springvale Public Library. Cost is $95 per person, $140 for two people who share materials, and includes […]
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Tori Jackson, a professor of agriculture and natural resources with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the specific criteria that determine what qualifies as a farm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Internal Revenue Service both have their own definitions of a farm and […]
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E&E News spoke with Jeffrey Runge, a research professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, for the article, “Trump set to weaken wildlife rules during ‘mass extinction.’” As many as 1 million species of plants and animals are in danger of extermination in the coming decades, according to a U.N. […]
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Portland Press Herald, News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the first day of practice for the University of Maine football team’s 2019 season. The team is looking to build off of last year’s historic run with new head coach, Nick Charlton, News Center Maine reported. In the 2018 season, the team earned […]
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The Penobscot Times reported the spring 2019 issue of Maine Policy Review, published by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, is now available online. In the issue’s Margaret Chase Smith Essay, transplanted Mainer and college student Matthew Bourque reflects on the strength and character of Maine’s political tradition, according to […]
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The Kennebec Journal quoted Erik Blomberg, an assistant professor of wildlife population ecology at the University of Maine, in the article, “White-nose syndrome has affected up to 97 percent of Maine’s bat population.” According to a biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the white-nose fungus can spread while bats hibernate, when […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on move-in day for members of the University of Maine football team. The team starts practice Aug. 1 and will host a “Meet the Bears” clinic and family movie night Aug. 21, according to the report. “It’s exciting, and knowing that our guys are excited and hungry, it’s cool. And it’s […]
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