News Center Maine spoke with Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional and director of the Tick Lab with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a report on the theory that the government could have used ticks as a biological weapon to spread Lyme disease. “The theory being that Lyme disease was one of those […]
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Daily Bulldog previewed a free Summer of Science program for school-age children, run by University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H, at the Farmington Public Library. Participants will use the Engineer Design Process and act as pirates seeking hidden treasure while learning ocean science, Daily Bulldog reported. Sessions include “Seaweed Filter” at 1 p.m. July 18, […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Stephanie Welcomer, professor and associate dean of the Maine Business School at the University of Maine; and David Marcinkowski, associate professor and extension dairy specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article “Maine farmers were milking goats long before it was trendy.” “The original [goat] cheese […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered a training about domestic violence at the University of Maine on July 17. About 150 mental health professionals gathered on campus for the session, which was intended to educate social workers and others who interact with survivors and perpetrators of domestic violence. “I think sometimes there’s a misunderstanding that it’s common […]
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VillageSoup previewed a free Summer of Science program for children ages 7–12, run by University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H, to be held at the Cushing Public Library beginning at 1:30 p.m. July 26. Additional sessions will be held on Aug. 2 and 9. Participants will use the Engineer Design Process and act as pirates […]
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CBC interviewed Rick Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for an article about climate change-related warming in the Northumberland Strait near Prince Edward Island, Canada and the effects it could have on the lobster fishery. Wahle, who has surveyed the waters off PEI, said the good news was that there […]
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Advertiser Democrat advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop on raising backyard poultry from 1–3 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Oxford County Extension office in South Paris. Colt Knight, Extension livestock specialist, will discuss poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition for small-scale egg producers, the article states. The cost is $10 per person and […]
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A Vice article about the case of nematodes found in a 41,000-year-old permafrost sample quoted Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist and climate scientist at the University of Maine. Some believe the nematodes, which were successfully revived in a lab, actually are 41,000 years old. Others, including Gill, are more skeptical and have suggested that the worms […]
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The County announced a dual-enrollment program between the University of Maine College of Engineering, the Presque Isle Regional Career and Technical Center and Bridge Year Educational Services, Inc. Second-year students in the PIRCTC drafting and engineering technology program will be able to earn three college credits for the UMaine course CIE 101, Engineering Graphics for […]
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Kristin Vekasi, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Maine, was quoted in the CNBC report “South Korea-Japan trade fight risks ‘further escalation.’” Japan moved to impose trade restrictions on exports to South Korea of three high-tech materials, which are critical for manufacturing semiconductors, the article states. According to Vekasi, Korean and […]
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