WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine partnered with the Maine Forest Rangers to conduct a controlled burn in the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Bradley on Sept. 17. Two plots of land were intentionally set ablaze as a training exercise for local firefighters, to test new equipment and for sustainability research. Researchers are investigating […]
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Alexander More, a historian and climate scientist at Harvard University and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in the New York Times article, “Europe’s triumphs and troubles are written in Swiss ice.” As plague swept through Europe in the mid-1300s, wiping out more than a third of the region’s population, […]
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Hungry, hungry hornworms are the bane of Maine gardeners.” “Things will be going along great,” Dill said. “Then all of a sudden it’s like, what happened to my tomato plants?” If the evidence presents […]
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Maine Public interviewed Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole, about a new ocean conservation database she helped create. Leslie worked with a team of researchers to design the Conservation Planning Database after realizing there was no central location to share information about ocean conservation, Maine Public reported. “This […]
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The Franklin Journal quoted Judy Smith, a community education assistant with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report about the Farmington Fair’s opening day. The annual fair opened Sept. 16 and involved many events, including children’s activities. There was a costume contest for 3- and 4-year-olds, open to all children and not just 4-H […]
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NJ.com and The Ripon Advance cited a 2008 University of Maine study in articles about U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance of New Jersey becoming the lead sponsor of the Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act. The bipartisan legislation will require incidents of hazing to be reported as part of a college’s annual crime report so that […]
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The Portland Press Herald mentioned a potato variety developed by the University of Maine in the article “Pack your potato skin like a jacket, English pub-style.” The article lists the Caribou Russet, a variety developed by UMaine and released for the seed market, as a good variety of baking potato to use in an English-style […]
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Boothbay Register reported marine scientist Karina Nielsen will speak Sept. 24 at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Nielsen will present a “brown-bag” seminar titled, “Bringing an ocean perspective to an urban estuary,” at 12:15 p.m. Nielsen is the director of San Francisco State University’s Estuary and Ocean Science Center. Her interdisciplinary […]
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News Center Maine spoke with University of Maine student Jamie Pratt for the report, “Maine youth work to end injustice and violence, at home and abroad.” More than 35 organizations joined forces in downtown Bangor as part of the Campaign Nonviolence Week, according to the report. Pratt said she began interning at the Peace & […]
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The Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will present an exhibit by local artist Jerri Finch. Finch will present a talk on her life and body of work during an opening reception 5:30–7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at the center’s Fernald Gallery. The free exhibit will continue through Dec. 2, according […]
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