Lancaster Farming reported the University of Maine is a partner in the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP), a federal grant program funded by the Farm Bill and operated by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The program supports education, mentoring and technical assistance programs for beginning farmers and ranchers. UMaine is […]
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Hemant Pendse, director of UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about the recent sale of the Old Town mill. The institute has a research center in the mill’s warehouse, which city officials say will remain on the property, the Associated Press reported. In June, ND Paper LLC bought the Rumford paper […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Morning Sentinel article, “Poliquin sends letter to constituents implying shuttered Madison mill remains open.” The congressional office of U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin erroneously sent a letter last month to hundreds of constituents in Maine’s 2nd District implying that the now-shuttered […]
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The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will join more than 150,000 young people taking part in the 11th annual 4-H National Youth Science Day challenge throughout October. This year’s challenge, “Code Your World,” was developed by Google and West Virginia University Extension Service to get youth involved in computer science […]
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Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Moneyish for the article, “Why these women chose to be child-free — and why that’s completely fine.” “I love my life as it is,” Blackstone said of her decision not to have kids. “And I feel that parenting is such an […]
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Maine Public spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for the report, “Analysts say Maine independent voters aren’t all that independent.” Most independent voters do lean either toward the Republican or Democratic party, and they tend to vote accordingly in general elections, the report states. Brewer said this growing […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported more than 400 middle school girls took part in Expanding Your Horizons at the University of Maine. The event, which has been hosted by UMaine for more than a decade, facilitates connections between middle school girls and professional women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to provide accessible role models […]
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Esperanza Stancioff, an extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Rising transportation emissions are a threat to Maine’s environment.”
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News Center Maine reported on the biennial Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival held at the University of Maine. The event promotes active learning about water issues to teach students the value of clean water and healthy habitats, and to provide teachers with relevant classroom resources that support evidence-based instruction. More than 600 fourth, fifth and […]
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Down East magazine published an article focused on research conducted by Richard Wahle, a professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences and director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute. After more than 30 years of ever-increasing landings, the Maine lobster catch plunged 16 percent in 2017, and scientists and fishermen are concerned that it […]
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