The University of Maine was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Maine should help give mass timber mass appeal.” The editorial argues the state could benefit greatly from turning the lumber from Maine woods into a variety of new products. Using any of the state’s vacant industrial spaces to manufacture mass timber products could […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Mainebiz reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station at UMaine are among the recipients of federal funding awarded to support Maine’s local food economy. Maine businesses and food projects will receive over $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, […]
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The Atlantic cited a 2008 University of Maine study on hazing in the article, “Death at a Penn State fraternity.” The article refers to the report, which was conducted by researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, as “the most comprehensive study of college hazing.” The study found 80 percent of fraternity members report being hazed, […]
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Liam Riordan, a history professor at the University of Maine, spoke with The Maine Edge about ARTober, a monthlong celebration of arts and culture in Bangor. ARTober is put on by the Commission on Cultural Development, with support from several sponsors, including the McGillicuddy Humanities Center at UMaine, according to the article. Riordan, one of […]
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Maine Public, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on a new study on the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) written by Sandra Butler, a social work professor at the University of Maine. Maine Equal Justice Partners and Preble Street partnered to survey families around the state for the study, WABI reported. They […]
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The Bangor Daily News sought input from Maine experts in sociology, politics and criminology who are members of the Maine Scholars Strategy Network for an editorial about violence in America. The BDN asked the experts, “Is America becoming more violent? Divided? How do we and America remain resilient in the face of such violence and […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a University of Maine citizen-science project aimed at protecting lake water quality in the state. The project began in 2015 with funding from UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and recently received an additional National Science Foundation grant. “We have some lakes in Maine whose water quality […]
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Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about fall gardening tasks. “The to-do list in the fall, it’s actually surprisingly big,” Garland said. “The more you can do in the fall, the better off you are going to be in the spring […]
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The Kennebec Journal reported on the Maine Municipal Association’s annual convention in Augusta. During one session, front-line responders spoke about what they see daily related to the state’s opioid crisis and what they hope can be done. In 2016, 376 drug-induced deaths were reported statewide, according to the Expanded Maine Drug Death Report for 2016, […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about a Lord Hall Gallery exhibition of stone sculptures created by eight Maine artists. “Carved Stone: Maine Artists” features artists who were selected in response to the aesthetic and creative quality of their work, as well as a means of demonstrating the traditions, processes and […]
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