WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7) and News Center Maine interviewed David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on the 2018 North American Blueberry Research and Extension Workers conference held at UMaine and organized by the Extension. This is the first time the conference is being […]
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Phys.org carried a University of Maine news release about a new app and educational game inspired by phytoplankton. Developed by Gene Felice, an assistant professor of new media and intermedia at UMaine, the app is called Phyto Heroes and explores phytoplankton as a scientific and artistic research subject through a game designed for third through […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a report on a bobcat found in Hampden. Hannah Wilde sent WABI a video of the bobcat wandering through her yard Monday. “Bobcats and predators in general tend to avoid humans as much as possible,” said […]
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The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin in an article on preserving peppers. The article covered several preservation methods, including drying and pickling, as well as recipes. For the chile oil recipe, the article states the instructions should be followed very carefully to avoid contamination by anaerobic bacteria. “The […]
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Phys.org and The Penobscot Times published a University of Maine news release about the sale of furfural derivatives and how they can make renewable fuel production more financially attractive to potential investors. Kaveh Dalvand, a researcher in the School of Economics at UMaine, worked with a team to find co-products of renewable fuel, with a focus […]
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Seacoast Online announced registration is open for Fall Beginner Bee School, a five-week course offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Beekeepers Association. The classes are held at the Springvale Public Library at 443 Main St. in Springvale, and run from 6–8:30 p.m. Wednesdays Sept. 26–Oct. 24. Cost is $95 […]
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WBOC (Channel 16 in Maryland) reported on University of Maine student researchers collecting data at the White Marlin Open in Ocean City, Maryland. Brenda Rudnicky and Riley Austin, graduate students in the School of Marine Sciences, collected different body parts from some of the fish caught during the tournament for research on the diet and […]
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GeoDataPoint interviewed David Sandilands, an aerial survey pilot and remote sensing technician with the Barbara Wheatland Geospatial Analysis Laboratory in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine. Sandilands operates the university’s Cessna 172 aircraft and sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems) platforms, helps develop materials for technical instruction of remote sensing applications, and […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) reported on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Aroostook Valley 4-H Baby Beef Club. 4-H programs on a variety of topics are open to children ages 8 to 18. The Baby Beef club consists of 15 members who spend about a year raising steers for auctioning off at the […]
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The Ellsworth American previewed a talk by Robert Glover, an associate professor of political science at the University of Maine. “Immigration in the 21st Century: How Immigration is Changing the American and Global Political Landscape” will be held at the Brooksville Free Public Library at 6 p.m. Aug. 15. The number of migrants living in […]
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