The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on University of Maine graduate student Garrett Raymond as part of its “Meet” series. Raymond is pursuing a master’s degree in the School of Economics and is a member of the campus-based group Maine Community Energy Advocates. The group’s goal is to advance community energy projects in […]
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The Associated Press cited Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, in an article about the dwindling harvest of soft-shell clams along the New England coast. The 2017 clam harvest in Maine, which produces more soft-shell clams than any other state, was a little more than 1.4 million […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 24th annual Rural Living Day at Mount View High School in Thorndike. The event, which is hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Waldo County Extension Association, offered workshops that ranged from Maine’s native bees to cooking with seaweed, WABI reported. Proceeds are used to help Waldo […]
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The Boston Globe published an opinion by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, in an article on whether Sinclair anchors should have quit instead of potentially compromising their reputations. TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group reach almost 40 percent of American households. Last month, anchors […]
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Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “How ranked-choice voting effort became a partisan flash point.” The politics around ranked-choice voting in Maine have become as polarized as any issue in the state, with legislators splitting on partisan lines over measures that would […]
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The Morning Sentinel spoke with Colt Knight, an assistant extension professor and livestock specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about a Skowhegan bull that escaped and was killed. When the local police chief chased the loose bull through town and fatally shot it, he was taking what a pair of […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the Future Promises Job Fair held at the University of Maine at Machias. Machias Savings Bank organized the day for Washington and Hancock county students in grades three through six to learn about about potential career choices, according to the report. A variety of careers were represented, from baking to law […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s John Jemison and Glen Koehler for the article, “Maine gardners facing realities, challenges of climate change.” According to climate change experts, the state’s growing seasons have lengthened, allowing for the introduction of newer crops. “I think in this instance, climate change is in […]
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Daily Beast featured the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in the article, “Four reasons snowy springs don’t disprove global warming.” The article states that a small swath of land from Maine to Georgia is not representative of the entire Earth’s surface, and the warming effects of global climate disruption have not been […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported on research being conducted by Suzanne Greenlaw, a doctoral candidate in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, in an article about Acadia National Park officials and members of Maine’s four Indian tribes exploring the possibility of allowing basket makers to harvest sweetgrass in salt marshes within the […]
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