The Portland Press Herald interviewed Alison Dibble, an assistant research professor in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine, and Kalyn Bickerman-Martens, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at UMaine, in an article on raising monarch butterflies. This summer, Mainers have reported many more sightings of monarchs than usual. […]
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A Bangor Daily News opinion piece on heat waves quoted Sean Birkel, a research professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute and the Maine state climatologist. Heat waves across the globe have become the new normal. Half of the warmest years on record have occurred in Caribou since 2000 and in Portland since […]
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Pamela Hargest, a horticulture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was tips for late-summer gardening, including weeding, pruning and picking.
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In an article on the implementation of an agreement between the Penobscot Nation and the University of Maine, the Bangor Daily News interviewed Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology, the chair of Native American programs and coordinator of Native American research at UMaine. UMaine occupies traditional territory of the Penobscot Nation, and this spring […]
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The Portland Press Herald quoted Rick Wahle, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, in an article on the transgender community claiming Maine’s new lobster emoji to represent them online. The British group Lobsters Against Transphobia is campaigning for the Unicode Consortium to approve a pink and blue flag […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited research by Douglas Bousfield, a professor and the graduate coordinator of chemical and biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, in a report on the rising cost of recycling in Maine, resulting from actions taken by China. Beginning Jan. 1, China banned imports of 24 waste items from the United […]
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The Mount Desert Islander previewed a discussion titled “Fact and Fiction: The Fire of ’47” to take place at the Southwest Harbor Public Library from 5:30–7 p.m. Aug. 14. The discussion will feature research by Sean Cox, a historian and Honors Associate at the University of Maine, and a reading by Matty Dalrymple from her […]
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The County interviewed Greg Porter, a professor of crop ecology and management at the University of Maine, for a report on a field day at UMaine’s Aroostook Research Farm, and ongoing potato research. Porter leads the potato breeding program at the farm, the largest of UMaine’s five agricultural experiment stations, the article states. Research at […]
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VillageSoup reported the University of Maine will offer its annual documentary film course including participation in the Camden International Film Festival Sept. 13–16. In addition to the festival, where students can network with filmmakers and industry leaders, the course includes four preparatory classes on the critical language, history and potentials of documentary filmmaking, according to […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Francis Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine, for an article about a new report he co-authored, “Bees and Their Habitats in Four New England States.” The report covers 401 bee species in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont — 275 of […]
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