The Forecaster reported the Cumberland County Food Security Council recently received a $25,000 grant from the Harvard Pilgrim Healthy Food Fund to help expand its gleaning program, which provides access to fresh fruits and vegetables to about 12 local food aid organizations. Through the first couple years of the initiative, the food council has gleaned […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle), Biomass Magazine, Republican Journal, Mainebiz and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel reported on recent funding awarded by the U.S. Forest Service’s Wood Innovation Grant Program. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, a cofounder of the Senate Working Forests Caucus, applauded the announcement that the University of Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “What to expect for this year’s tick season in Maine.” Snow protects and insulates overwintering ticks, according to the article. Since the state experienced a relatively snowy winter, Dill said he doesn’t expect reduced […]
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Mainebiz reported 10 companies will compete in the 2019 Top Gun Showcase at the University of Southern Maine. The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs and its partners — the University of Maine, Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council, MaineStream Finance, and the Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation at Thomas College — recently named 10 winners of […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered the University of Maine’s 217th Commencement ceremonies on May 11. The event was Joan Ferrini-Mundy’s first commencement as UMaine president, the BDN reported. Bridget Ziegelaar, operations manager for NASA’s International Space Station Research Integration Office, Old Town native and UMaine alumna, gave the commencement […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine at Machias was the last of the University of Maine system campuses to hold its commencement ceremony. The 108th UMaine Machias commencement May 12 was attended by University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who attended UMaine commencement ceremonies May 11 in Orono. Dwayne Tomah, Passamaquoddy language teacher, […]
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News Center Maine reported research by Michelle Volk, a University of Maine graduate student tracking tick migration in northern and Down East Maine, that shows ticks survive winter in some areas. Aroostook County is the only Maine county where deer ticks, which carry Lyme disease, have not been spotted yet, according to the report. Volk […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Eleanor Groden, a professor of entomology at the University of Maine, for the article “This season may be the worst yet for browntail moths in Maine.” The caterpillars of the browntail moth feed on oak leaves. Their hairs, which can remain toxic for years, can cause a poison ivy-like […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine and a well-known science communicator, was quoted in a Quartz article about GEDs and community college. The General Educational Development (GED) is a test resulting in a diploma for students who do not complete traditional high school. The article focused […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported a group of University of Maine engineering students helped plan a business park in Orrington for their senior capstone project. According to the article, Orrington has been waiting more than 10 years to develop an industrial park along the Penobscot River, where companies produced paper-making chemicals for decades. The Riverfront […]
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