World Fishing & Aquaculture and Undercurrent News carried portions of a media release from Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine. The stories indicated that research conducted by UMaine assistant professor of economics Caroline Noblet and assistant professor of risk communication Laura Rickard found that strategic outreach and consumer education could lead to a growth […]
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Maine Sea Grant was cited in a Courier-Gazette story about a seaweed conference and fair being planned for this summer in Rockland. “Maine has a unique opportunity to develop a sea vegetable aquaculture industry, with its cold, clean waters, extensive coastline, and existing fishery and aquaculture industries and infrastructure. Interest in sea vegetable farming is […]
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An Ellsworth American story indicated an oceanographic buoy that a team of scientists at the University of Maine designed, built and deployed in the Gulf of Maine was reported damaged. The buoy gathers and transmits data about ocean temperatures, currents and salinity levels, as well as air temperature, wind speed and direction and the height […]
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Morning Ag Clips advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s five-session gardening course beginning March 21 at the UMaine Extension office in Bangor. Horticulturist Kate Garland will lead the hands-on workshops; topics include starting seeds indoors, botany, succession planting, pest management and soil-guiding. People may register online.
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The Boothbay Register and Three Village Patch carried stories that University of Maine students who had graduated from Boothbay Region High School and Ward Melville had returned to their respective alma maters to share tips about college with current high school students.
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Mark Brewer told the Portland Press Herald that gubernatorial campaign finance report numbers can be informative, but that “money doesn’t equal votes by any means.” The University of Maine political science professor said financial reports can help candidates build momentum and reflect a serious commitment to invest in themselves. “Someone like Shawn Moody, who hasn’t […]
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Judith Rosenbaum, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism, discussed the role of Twitter in politics and how it’s changing political discourse and impacting social movements on Maine Public’s Maine Calling. Rosenbaum, who authored “Constructing Digital Cultures: Tweets, Trends, Race, and Gender,” said Twitter provides a platform for people whose voices have traditionally […]
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University of Maine professors Mark Brewer and Judith Rosenbaum were quoted in the Boston Globe article, “In Maine, is GOP linked to flurry of anonymous attacks?” Some Maine Democrats believe fake news posted on a conservative website and shared by the Republican Party tainted Lewiston’s mayoral race, according to the article. The right-wing websites Maine […]
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WABI (Channel 5), Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 2018 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration held at the University of Maine. Co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the UMaine Division of Student Life, the event featured a keynote by Maine state Rep. Craig Hickman, Winthrop. Hickman talked […]
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Jessica Leahy, a professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Newsradio WGAN’s “Positively Maine” radio show. Leahy discussed the School of Forest Resources, forestry students, legacy planning for older landowners, wood banks and other projects that have had a positive effect on Maine’s family forests.
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