Mount Desert Islander reported Tora Johnson, an associate professor of geographic information systems (GIS) and environmental studies at the University of Maine at Machias, will discuss the current and future impacts of climate change at the Southwest Harbor Public Library from 5:30–7 p.m. June 12. Johnson will speak about climate change effects in the area […]
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The Bangor Daily News referenced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension fact sheet in an article about a forest tent caterpillar invasion in Blue Hill. According to “Pest Management Fact Sheet #5022: Forest and Eastern Tent Caterpillars,” the caterpillars’ favorite hosts are oak, poplar, maple and birch trees. The caterpillars mature in June, with adult […]
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The Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier reported Union Church in Biddeford will host a panel discussion on ending hunger in Maine from 7 to 8:30 p.m. June 10. Panelists are expected to include Justin Alfond, former president of Maine’s Senate and co-founder of Full Plates Full Potential; Frank Wertheim, an associate professor of agriculture with the University of […]
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WABI (Channel 5), Mainebiz, the Bangor Daily News and the Associated Press reported the University of Maine will receive a $2,570,600 grant to lead a coalition of New England universities in the creation of a University Transportation Center (UTC). UMaine will receive about $14 million over the next five years toward leading transportation research to […]
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Susan Gardner, director of the University of Maine’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program and Rising Tide Center, as well as a professor of higher education, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on how implicit bias manifests itself and what people can do to understand their own […]
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Eric Gallandt, a professor of weed ecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Times Record article on locally grown lettuce. Springworks Organics, a Lisbon company founded by a Bowdoin College student, is providing a locally sourced sustainable option for greens at a time when more people are thinking about where their food […]
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The Associated Press, Metro, Newsweek, Boston magazine, United Press International, WBZ (Channel 4 in Boston), WHDH (Channel 7 in Boston), The Washington Post, CBS News and Richland Standard cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report of a rare orange lobster discovered at a Massachusetts supermarket. Roche Bros. Supermarkets said workers at […]
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Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, was quoted in an Associated Press article on the Green Crab Working Summit being held in Portland. Scientists, fishermen, chefs and others gathered at the event to brainstorm uses for the invasive crabs that are threatening New England’s shellfish industry, according […]
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Maine Public interviewed Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for the report, “Will campaigns about ranked-choice voting affect voter turnout?” Next week, Maine voters will decide whether to continue to use ranked-choice voting in future elections. In anticipation of this decision, two very different campaigns are underway, according to the […]
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The annual Festival of Art in Belfast will take place at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center June 7–9, VillageSoup reports. The variety of works shown in the festival were created by 153 artists. The show is nonjuried and was produced by the Senior College at Belfast located in the Hutchinson Center. The festival will […]
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