Sleep Review magazine carried a University of Maine news release about an invention developed by UMaine researchers that can detect early symptoms of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Activas Diagnostics LLC has received a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research Award from the National Institute of Health’s Institute on Aging, according to the release. […]
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Lancaster Farming quoted David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and a professor in the UMaine School of Food and Agriculture, in an article on highbush blueberry production that mentions challenges in the corresponding lowbush blueberry industry. The article tells the story of highbush blueberry production on Goss Berry […]
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The University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer was featured in a Washington Post article about all-time heat records across the globe. Temperatures in Northern Siberia were up to 40 degrees above normal, and the highest temperature ever measured in Africa, 124 degrees, was recorded in Algeria, both on July 5. The majority of […]
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Amy Vachon, the head coach for women’s basketball at the University of Maine, spoke to WABI (Channel 5) about the closing of the Maine Girls’ Academy in Portland, the state’s only private all-female school. The school, formerly Catherine McAuley High School, recently announced its closing due to low enrollment resulting in lack of revenue, WABI […]
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Morning Ag Clips previewed a series of hands-on food preservation workshops offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Skowhegan in July and August. The workshops will cover basic techniques for canning and freezing green beans and tomatoes. Fresh produce and jars will be provided, and are covered by the $10 registration fee. The […]
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Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, associate professor of animal and veterinary science and extension veterinarian; and Colt Knight, assistant extension professor at UMaine and the state livestock specialist; were recent guests on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on the benefits and challenges of […]
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The Mount Desert Islander previewed a talk by Jessica Miller, a professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Maine and staff clinical ethicist at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Miller’s talk, part of the series “You: A Novel Gene Story” sponsored by the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor and the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Keith Kanoti, manager of the University Forests at the University of Maine, for a report on the development of a beer made with spruce tips. UMaine partnered with local Marsh Island Brewing to develop the brew, echoing a traditional recipe made by the original colonial settlers, according to the report. Marsh […]
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The Adirondack Almanack advanced a lecture by Curt Stager, the Draper-Lussi endowed Chair of Paleoecology and Lake Ecology at Paul Smith’s College and a research associate with the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. The lecture, titled “Gardens: Weather or Not,” is part of a public meeting of the Adirondack Garden Club at the Crowne […]
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VillageSoup reported Mark Hutton, an associate professor of vegetable crops and extension vegetable specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will help lead a free walk and talk workshop at Goranson Farm in Dresden. The event will focus on the benefits and challenges of low-till farming practices and cover crops in organic vegetable production, […]
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