Pine Tree Watch spoke with Malcolm Hunter, a professor of wildlife ecology and Libra Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Maine, for an article about the environmental effects of the proposed New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line that would run from Quebec to Massachusetts. The energy corridor would cut through a natural […]
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Mainebiz reported the Bangor-based Scratchpad Accelerator, run by University of Maine Business School associate professor of management Jason Harkins and serial entrepreneur Lisa Liberatore, will receive a $150,000 investment from Bangor Savings Bank over three years. The bank was a founding corporate partner of Scratchpad, a seed-stage accelerator business that helps grow startup companies, when […]
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Mount Desert Islander spoke with Dana Morse, a University of Maine marine Extension associate with Maine Sea Grant and the Darling Marine Center, for the article “Scallop farming’s future looks bright.” Morse has been a leading proselytizer for scallop aquaculture in Maine, seeking out relatively inexpensive materials for spat (juvenile scallop) collection and grow out, […]
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The Republican Journal and the Penobscot Bay Pilot reported Nancy Bergerson has been selected as coordinator for student services and community education at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Bergerson’s duties will include overseeing all student support services, connecting the center’s staff and students with the greater UMaine community, and working with Maine artists […]
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HuffPost quoted the University of Maine’s Mary Ellen Camire, a professor of food science and human nutrition, and Balunkeswar Nayak, an associate professor of food processing, in the article “Organic Snacks Aren’t Necessarily Healthier Than Junk Food. Here’s Why.” Eating organic food has numerous benefits, including limiting exposure to chemical pesticides and herbicides, synthetic substances […]
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A University of Maine video on the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education, or RiSE Center, was featured on the National Science Foundation’s Science360. The UMaine center connects with educators statewide, at all levels, to advance innovative and engaging hands-on teaching and learning. The video was produced with a UMaine Today magazine story on […]
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Marketplace quoted Kelley Strout, an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Maine, in a segment on the shortage of school nurses in the state. According to the CDC, rates of diseases like diabetes and epilepsy, and mental health needs, have increased in children over the past few decades. But fewer than 40 percent […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Renae Moran, an associate professor of pomology and tree fruit specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article “How to choose the right fruit tree for your yard.” Moran recommends people consider the winter hardiness of fruit trees and the length of their growing season — trees with […]
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Daniel Sandweiss, a professor of anthropology and quaternary and climate studies at the University of Maine, was featured in Season 3, Episode 2 of the Science Channel documentary series “Unearthed.” The episode is titled “Lost Pyramids of the Americas.”
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The Kennebec Journal quoted Kathy Hopkins, a maple syrup expert with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in an article about the beginning of maple season in Maine. “If we have warm days, in the 40s or so, and it’s cold at night, we should have many good sap days,” said Hopkins. “Looking at the weather […]
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