The Piscataquis Observer reported the Maine Senior Corps, based in the University of Maine’s Center on Aging, partnered with Renys department store in a statewide donation campaign for socks Jan. 5–31. Inspired by Gov. Janet Mills’ inauguration call for everyone to serve fellow Mainers, the “Warm Heart, Warm Feet” initiative showed the power of collaboration […]
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Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was quoted in a WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) report on climate change and lake ice. Climate change could result in less lake ice in the near future, which would present problems for ice fishermen — and […]
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The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting applications for its Master Gardener Volunteers Program in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties. Training sessions will be at the UMaine Extension office in Lisbon Falls 4:45–8 p.m. Tuesdays April 2–May 28, and will resume Aug. 24–Oct. 15. Program participants will receive at least 40 […]
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The Penobscot Times previewed a monthly luncheon hosted by Women of the World to take place at noon Feb. 11 at the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono. The luncheon will be an indoor tailgate party, and attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite team’s colors, the article states. Cost is $5 per person, $2 […]
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Mainebiz cited a University of Maine study in an article on development of a new concert venue in Westbrook. Construction on Rock Row, a mixed-use development in Westbrook, is just beginning and will include Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row, a temporary 8,200-person capacity amphitheater set to open this summer. The venue, a collaboration between […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Mark Hutchinson, an extension educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about compost. Anything that was once alive can be composted, and this includes some surprising items, the article states. However, some decompose much slower than others. These items can be sifted out from compost that has […]
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Maine Business School faculty John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy and professor of management, and Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems, wrote an opinion piece for the Portland Press Herald’s “Maine Voices” column titled “Knowledge is power in the developing new world order.”
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The Daily Bulldog reported Dave Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will speak at a meeting of the North Chesterville Extension Homemakers on Feb. 26. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Chesterville Town Office; Fuller’s talk will be from 7–7:30 p.m. and will focus […]
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Phys.org published a University of Maine news release about research that suggests blue mussels could be more resilient than other cultivated species to increased ocean acidity and storms predicted to affect the Gulf of Maine as a result of climate change. The research team, which was led by Tim Bowden, an associate professor of aquaculture […]
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News Center Maine and WVII (Channel 7) profiled Jessica Hayden, a microbiology student at the University of Maine who was born deaf and is on a mission to research the condition and help others like her. There were no hearing screenings available when Hayden was born 19 years ago, and her parents learned she was deaf […]
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