The Mount Desert Islander previewed an upcoming discussion by Margaret Cruikshank, author and faculty associate at the University of Maine Center on Aging. The discussion, centered on the role of literature in helping people through the aging process, will take place at the Jesup Memorial Library at 1:30 p.m. May 26. The Maine Center on […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Tori Jackson, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate professor of agriculture and natural resources, for an article about invasive flowers in Maine. Yellow iris, ornamental jewelweed and black swallow-wort may be pretty, but they can smother the state’s native flora and provide less-nutritious food for native fauna, according […]
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WABI (Channel 5) quoted Elizabeth Armstrong, an assistant professor in the University of Maine School of Social Work, in a report on an intimate partner violence conference in Belfast. Armstrong said the conference is, to her knowledge, the first training in the state to address new licensing requirements for social workers to complete 12 hours […]
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Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with Maine Public for a report about a new tick-borne illness transmitted by the lone star tick that can cause an allergic reaction to red meat. Historically, the lone star tick has been found in the southern U.S., but populations […]
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A WABI (Channel 5) report on jewelry made from lobster shells quoted Bob Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine Lobster Institute. Bayer was contacted by Giada Giachino, an Italian student studying jewelry design in London, about using lobster shells as a replacement for endangered coral in jewelry, according to the report. Bayer sent […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on the University of Maine’s new energy proposal that calls for biomass and solar. UMaine would get much of its heat and electricity from an on-campus Renewable Energy Center fueled by locally harvested wood and a huge solar array, according to a plan being negotiated by the University of Maine […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge and the Maine Wind Blade Challenge, both held at the University of Maine on May 18. More than 300 middle and high school students from around the state brought their projects, which they had worked on extensively both in and outside of class, to the competitions, […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about how to grow crops in hanging baskets and window boxes. Garland cited watering as the biggest challenge when it comes to hanging crops. With water escaping out of the bottom of the container, it […]
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The Portland Press Herald quoted Shawn Laatsch, director for the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center, in an article on dark sky designations and the state’s potential for astrotourism. Several locations in Maine are considering applying for official designation by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) as dark sky sanctuaries, parks or reserves — the Katahdin […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported a 14-member search committee has been named to help select the next University of Maine director of athletics. Robert Dana, the chairman of the committee and the school’s vice president for student life and dean of students, called it a “very robust and energetic” committee and said “there isn’t a […]
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