The Washington Post cited University of Maine research in an article about washing produce. Researchers in UMaine’s Food Science and Human Nutrition program tested three commercial wash treatments and found that distilled water was just as effective or more effective at removing microbes and pesticides from produce, according to the article, which noted clean, cold […]
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Robert Milardo, University of Maine emeritus professor of family relations, was interviewed for a Fatherly article about how to be a good uncle. Expectations for uncles vary wildly by family and culture, the article states. Milardo interviewed hundreds of uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews for his 2009 study and book “The Forgotten Kin: Aunts and […]
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The Buffalo News cited the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in the article “It’s a lock: A warm, sunny, dry weekend is heading our way.” In addition to discussing the upcoming weather for the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area, the article reported the Arctic Ocean will continue this month to experience record warm temperatures […]
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Seacoast Online previewed a lecture by Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, titled “Of Mice and Mammoths: Ice Age Perspectives on Climate Change, Extinction, and Resilience.” Gill’s lecture will be at 6 p.m. in the Mather Auditorium at the Wells Reserve, and is part of the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered an art exhibit at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery that features works created by inmates at the Maine State Prison in Warren. The show, titled “From Behind the Wall 2.0,” is on display in Belfast through Aug. 30, WABI reported. More information is […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and Republican Journal advanced a six-session program, “Foundations in School-based Restorative Practices,” to be offered at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast beginning June 27. Following sessions will take place June 28, Sept. 16, Oct. 25, Nov. 18 and Dec. 13, and all will be held 9 a.m.–4 p.m. […]
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Daniel Harrison, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in an Earth Touch News article about a pair of Canada lynx that a Maine resident found caterwauling at each other on the side of a road in Somerset County. Harrison said such behavior is common, and the noises are intended […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot announced the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will offer an eight-week SAT preparation course, Prep Matters, beginning July 15. The course is designed for rising high school juniors and seniors who plan to take the SAT in fall 2019, and will meet 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m Mondays. “It is important […]
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WABI (Channel 5) quoted Kate Garland, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on cold, wet spring weather and how gardeners are responding. Garland told WABI that people looking for gardening advice can attend a UMaine Extension spring planting workshop at 6 p.m. June 4 at Rogers Farm in Old […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will offer a tuition-free early college course, Concepts of Oceanography, to qualified high school students this summer. The course is offered through a partnership with the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System, and will meet 3–8:15 […]
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