Information from a University of Maine Cooperative Extension publication was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “No warnings on Maine fiddleheads, despite health concerns over Canadian ferns.” The New Brunswick Department of Health recently issued a warning that fiddleheads growing in areas hit by the provinces’ record floods this spring may be contaminated and […]
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WFAA in Dallas, Texas cited a 2008 University of Maine study in the report, “Hazing is a crime. Why aren’t high schools doing more to stop it?” The national study, which was conducted by researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, found an estimated 1.5 million high school students are hazed each year. Forty percent of […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on the upcoming Abbe Museum Indian Art Market in Bar Harbor. The inaugural event will include as many as 75 artists from 40 tribal nations across North America in downtown Bar Harbor for a weekend celebration of Native culture, according to the article. The market comes at a time when […]
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Vermont’s Stowe Today mentioned the University of Maine’s soil testing service in a column about raised-bed gardening. If using more of a potting mix instead of field soil, the author, a University of Vermont Cooperative Extension master gardener, recommended getting a saturated media test from UMaine. She suggested requesting the basic high tunnel test, and […]
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Information from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was included in an NJ.com article about the different types on ticks that can be found in New Jersey. The article cited information from UMaine Extension about the woodchuck tick and the moose or winter tick. Woodchuck ticks can be found anywhere east of the Rocky Mountains, […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, for reports on the state’s soft-shell clam industry. Beal, who also serves as director of the Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education, has worked over the past few years […]
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The Associated Press reported Kristy Townsend, an assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Maine, has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the American Heart Association to study the aging of fat tissue and its effects on cardiovascular and metabolic conditions. Townsend will partner with David Harrison, an expert on mechanisms of aging and […]
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Cynthia Isenhour, a professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine and an associate at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions; and Sara Lowden, an anthropology and environmental policy Ph.D. student at UMaine, were recent guests on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on anthropology and […]
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Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science and forest resources at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “Views clash as DEP readies greenhouse gas reduction forced by citizen initiative.” Maine environmental regulators heard hours of testimony on a citizen-initiated proposal that would require the state to cut greenhouse gas […]
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Arkansas Online reported on inventor Brandon Foshee’s device that aims to help visually impaired and blind people avoid obstacles. Foshee has received about $600,000 in grants from several agencies to develop his Roboglasses, according to the article. Nicholas Giudice, a professor of spatial informatics at the University of Maine, will study the Roboglasses as part […]
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