The University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H program was mentioned in a Foster’s Daily Democrat article about Laura Jaquays, an author, artist, teacher and founder of Art HOPE. The nonprofit arts and healing organization is dedicated to promoting creative wellness through free, expressive arts programs for people living with cancer or long-term illness and the […]
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Researchers with the University of Maine’s Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments lab showcased on WVII (Channel 7) HandWaver, a virtual reality software they developed. The gesture-based program was developed by students and recent graduates to let learners use their hands to explore mathematical objects in virtual 3-D space. The goal of the program is to […]
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The Republican Journal and Morning Ag Clips reported Highland Blueberry Farm in Stockton Springs will host a farm and field tour in conjunction with the Waldo County Extension Association’s annual meeting at the farm Aug. 30. The public is invited to tour the farm at 94 Old County Road, discover its innovative products, and learn […]
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Jill Pelto, a graduate student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, was included in an Outside Magazine article that featured 10 artists who are turning climate change data into paintings, sculptures and illustrations. Pelto, who is 24 years old, knows that her generation and those that follow are […]
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Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the Maine Department of Transportation’s Roadside Invasive Plants and Pollinator Study. “Basically we go out and assess the density of flowering plants and assess the density of butterflies and bumblebees and bring samples […]
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Chris Bartlett, a finfish aquaculture specialist at the University of Maine, spoke with Public Radio International’s “The World” for the report, “From gutting sardines to shipping pregnant cows, this Maine port wants your business.” Eastport went from having a peak population of just more than 5,000 in 1900, to an estimated 1,352 residents today, according […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public about a telephone survey that shows Republican Mary Mayhew leading Sen. Susan Collins in a race for the Republican nomination for governor. Maine Public reported the primary is not until next June and Collins has not said she will run. […]
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Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release announcing Rhian Waller, a UMaine marine scientist and fellow in the international Explorers Club, will speak about Gulf of Maine cold-water corals at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11 at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Her research focuses on the reproduction and development of cold-water and […]
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Robert Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, was quoted in a CBC News report about the viability of sea urchin aquaculture. Sea urchin aquaculture research is underway in several countries, including the U.S. and Canada, and a new land-based sea urchin aquaculture operation by Quoddy Savour Seafood Ltd, in Pennfield, […]
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Les Watling, School of Marine Sciences professor emeritus, was quoted in a Live Science article concerning the rare attack on an Australian teenager by tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans known as sea fleas, or lysianssid amphipods. The teen sustained hundreds of tiny needle-like wounds which bled profusely. The article states that anticoagulants produced by the amphipods could […]
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