Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release announcing a strawberry school for commercial growers from 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Augusta Civic Center during the 2019 Maine Agricultural Trades Show. Topics will include basic site requirements, site preparation, plant selection, care of young plants, nutrient management, pest management and […]
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WABI (Channel 5) quoted Matt Graham, an assistant professor of management information systems at the University of Maine, in a report on tips for safe holiday shopping. The National Retail Federation predicts holiday sales will total about $700 billion this year, a more than 4 percent increase over last year, the report states. Graham offered […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) interviewed Steve Johnson, a professor and crops specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a segment of the County Ag Report about Australian potato farming. Johnson will travel to Australia for his sabbatical beginning this December and lasting through February, WAGM reported. Johnson previously took sabbatical there in […]
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The Portland Press Herald quoted Rick Wahle, a professor of marine biology and director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, in the article, “Researchers find new way to convert lobster shells into durable plastic.” Researchers at McGill University in Montreal are creating plastic from chitin, a material present in the exoskeletons of […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative news release announcing a Dec. 18 dairy forage conference on growing corn silage in a changing climate. UMaine Extension will host the daylong event at Governor’s Restaurant in Waterville. The conference will focus on management techniques, variety selection and environmental stewardship to help producers grow healthier, […]
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Shawn Laatsch, president of the International Planetarium Society and director of the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center, was quoted in a Sun Journal article about New Year’s Planetarium in Portland. For 10 years, the University of Southern Maine’s Southworth Planetarium has offered a New Year’s Eve event that features some of their newest and […]
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The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported John Diamond, president and executive director of the University of Maine Alumni Association, won national honors for work to improve relations between higher education institutions and state government. Diamond was selected for the Marvin D. “Swede” Johnson Achievement Award for his leadership in revitalizing UMaine’s legislative strategy and standing in […]
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Anna McGinn, a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “The US is still in the Paris Agreement.” McGinn is the graduate fellow for the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to […]
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Ellyn Enderlin, a University of Maine research assistant professor in the Climate Change Institute and the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, was quoted in the National Geographic article, “What Greenland’s ‘unprecedented’ ice loss means for Earth.” A new study published in the journal Nature found that the melting of the Greenland ice sheet is […]
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Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio program. The show focused on choosing not to have children. Blackstone, a prominent researcher in the child-free movement, runs the blog “We’re {Not} Having a Baby!” with her husband, and wrote the forthcoming book […]
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