Fiddlehead Focus spoke with Crystal Hughes, a social work graduate student at the University of Maine, for an article about food insecurity in Aroostook County. Aroostook County’s rate of food insecurity is 17.1 percent, among the highest in the state, according to a 2017 study. There are 24 food pantries in the county, but homebound […]
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VillageSoup and the Penobscot Bay Pilot reported the University of Maine will offer a three-week STEM research course for high school students at the UMaine Hutchinson Center from June 24–July 12. Introduction to Integrated Science and Career Exploration (INT 88) is a tuition-free, early college lab course designed to introduce high school students to higher education and […]
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Frank Wertheim, an Extension educator in agriculture and horticulture with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke recently on WGAN’s “Positively Maine” radio show. The show’s topic was fighting food insecurity in Maine through initiatives such as the Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit and the Maine Hunger Dialogue.
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The Bangor Daily News quoted Gary Anderson, an animal and bioscience specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in the article “What to consider before adding turkeys to your homestead.” Anderson gave tips like housing turkeys separately from chickens, which can act as an intermediate host for blackhead disease to which turkeys are susceptible. He […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) interviewed Steve Johnson, a professor and crops specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a segment of the County Ag Report about potato farming in Australia. Johnson has been in Australia working with and educating local farmers, and testing for potato viruses as part of the seed certification […]
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Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on WVOM’s “George Hale and Ric Tyler Show.” The show’s topic was the book Jones co-wrote with John Mahon, a professor of management in the Maine Business School, titled “Knowledge Transfer and Innovation.” […]
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The Associated Press interviewed Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine, for the article “Some favorite garden vegetables attract pollinators, too.” Planting flowers is a popular way to attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. But flowering vegetables and fruit, ornamental shrubs, trees and vines also […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Ellen Mallory, an associate Extension professor with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and associate professor in the UMaine School of Food and Agriculture, for an article about industrial hemp in Maine and the Maine Grain Conference. Mallory noted a presentation on industrial hemp as part of the annual Maine Grain […]
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The Conversation published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine. The piece is titled “The revolving door between media and government spins again with CNN’s hiring of Sarah Isgur Flores.” The Associated Press published The Conversation piece, and WTOP, Connecticut Post, Times Union, Beaumont […]
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Sierra magazine spoke with Kathryn Miller, an external graduate faculty member in the School of Forest Resources, about research she conducted as a Ph.D. student at the University of Maine for the story “Can We Help Our Forests Prepare for Climate Change?” Miller, who now is a National Park Service plant ecologist, leads a research […]
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