UMaine in the News

Logue cited in Morning Sentinel article about Head Start

Mary Ellin Logue, an associate professor of early childhood education at the University of Maine, was cited in a Morning Sentinel/Kennebec Journal article about a proposed $1.8 million budget cut that would have would have eliminated 83 slots statewide in the Early Head Start program. Instead, lawmakers agreed to fund the program at $3.12 million, […]

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BDN reports on Penobscot River Sovereignty Rally

The Bangor Daily News reported that Darren Ranco, a Penobscot and chairman of the University of Maine Native American Programs, spoke at the Penobscot River Sovereignty Rally on Sunday. The U.S. Court of Appeals recently ruled 2–1 in favor of the state of Maine that the river surrounding the tribe’s reservation islands, including Indian Island, […]

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Kirby speaks with BDN about solutions to garden pests

Clay Kirby, an insect specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, told the Bangor Daily News that some garden pests, including flea beetles, are ”waiting for you to plant your seeds and put those seedlings out.” To minimize damage without using pesticides, Kirby said it’s necessary to “bring in a number of tactics to have […]

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Aroostook Republican reports on potato beetle cannibalism

Andrei Alyokhin, director of the School of Biology and Ecology, spoke with the Aroostook Republican about his research results involving Colorado potato cannibalism. He found that in a laboratory, Colorado potato beetles facing starvation and crowding ate beetle eggs and young beetles and injured beetles and other adults. Alyokhin said while it’s a laboratory study […]

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Stancioff speaks about Signs of Seasons in Press Herald

In an article promoting volunteerism, the Portland Press Herald wrote about a New England Phenology program through University of Maine Cooperative Extension called Signs of the Seasons. About 150 volunteers statewide observe and record seasonal change. There are 19 indicator species on the “watch” list, including the American toad, peepers and rockweed, according to the […]

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Boothbay Register previews Runge’s talk at DMC

The Boothbay Register advanced a talk titled “Plankton, Right Whales and Change in Gulf of Maine Ecosystem” by University of Maine professor of oceanography Jeffrey Runge at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 14 in Brooke Hall at the Darling Marine Center. The talk is free and open to the public; registration is requested.

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TRJ covers UMaine senior at Waldo County GOP gathering

Abby Bennett, a University of Maine senior recently elected secretary of the College Republican National Committee, was mentioned in The Republican Journal story about young leaders changing the public face of the Waldo County Republicans. “The Republican Party can be the party of young people — the party and its ideals are the most representative […]

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KJ announces Frankhauser’s Garden Club scholarship

The Kennebec Journal reported that Kevin Frankhauser, a junior forestry student at the University of Maine, will receive a $1,000 Barrows Scholarship from the Kennebec Valley Garden Club. Frankhauser, who can assist in fighting forest fires, has interned with the Maine Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, where he focused on planting, inoculating, collecting data […]

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Mandela Fellow to visit Belfast, Republican Journal reports

The Republican Journal reported a young African leader from Djibouti, who is part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program, will stay in Belfast this weekend with local hosts. Aichia Ali is one of 25 young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa who are spending six weeks at the University of Maine’s Public Management Institute to participate in […]

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