The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing a $748,000 National Science Foundation grant for the development and evaluation of a first-of-its-kind remote learning platform. The system will provide people who are blind or visually impaired nonvisual access to STEM-related graphical information. The project, “A Remote Multimodal Learning Environment to Increase Graphical […]
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Jason Lilley, a sustainable agriculture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Maine’s small, midsized farms suffering from labor shortage.” The labor shortage that has been plaguing Maine’s hospitality industry also is harming the state’s agriculture industry, according to the article. After the 2008 recession, […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will partner with the Maine Grass Farmers Network to offer a pasture walk at the David Greeley farm in Jackson. The walk will be held 4–6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9. Pasture walks are designed to be a […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Lab (VEMI Lab) at the University of Maine received a $748,000 National Science Foundation grant, and quoted Nicholas Giudice, a professor of spatial informatics at UMaine and director of the VEMI Lab. The funding will support continuing development of a first-of-its-kind learning platform to give […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and VillageSoup previewed the annual meeting of the Knox-Lincoln Counties Extension Association (KLCEA). The meeting will take place at the Erickson Fields Preserve, 164 West St. in Rockport, from 5–7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12. The focus of the meeting will be the intersection of land conservation, sustainable agriculture and community education, […]
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WVII (Channel 7) quoted Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science and forest resources and a cooperating professor in the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, in an report on a citizens’ hearing about air quality. The hearing, “Maine Speaks on Climate and Cars,” was held by the Natural Resources Council of Maine […]
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Forbes, Inside Higher Ed, Wall Street Journal and EAB referenced the University of Maine’s Flagship Match Program in articles on similar price matching programs recently implemented at other institutions. In 2019, Robert Morris University and Oglethorpe University will launch programs similar to the one at UMaine, which was implemented in 2015 to attract out-of-state students. Prospective […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Associated Press mentioned a University of Maine Cooperative Extension outreach effort in an article on a farm labor shortage causing some farmers to lose crops. Extension will partner with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association to hold an emergency listening session Wednesday, Aug. 30 to hear from farmers about the […]
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The Portland Press Herald quoted Bob Bayer, the executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, in an article on the proposal by the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to install a roadside memorial for the lobsters that died in an Aug. 22 seafood truck rollover on Route […]
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The Mount Desert Islander reports John Bear Mitchell, a lecturer of Wabanaki studies and multicultural studies and the Wabanaki Center Outreach and Student Development Coordinator at the University of Maine, will speak at the 10th annual Acadia Night Sky Festival. The festival, encompassing five days of events and activities in the Mount Desert Island area […]
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