The Bangor Daily News published a UMaine Today feature story and video on tick research being conducted at the University of Maine. As the number of ticks and the illnesses they spread rise around the state, UMaine scientists in multiple disciplines are conducting research in an effort to protect residents, animals and the environment. UMaine’s […]
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The Kennebec Journal spoke with a University of Maine student during the 28th annual Open Farm Day organized by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Butting Heads Farm in Gardiner was one of dozens of farms across central Maine that welcomed visitors on Sunday, according to the article. Chason Frost, a horticulture major, […]
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Marcella Sorg, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Maine, was the focus of the Bangor Daily News feature, “This Maine scientist gets the call when bones are found in the woods.” When hunters or recreationists find what they think are human remains in the Maine woods, Sorg is the person law enforcement officers usually […]
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Food & Wine magazine spoke with Cathy Billings, associate director of communications and development at the University of Maine Lobster Institute, for the article, “Maine’s lobster industry thriving, despite slow start.” Conflicting news reports stated that the Maine lobster catch is either prospering or in decline, according to the article. Billings said one of the […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with the Penobscot Bay Press about climate change, including the Paris Agreement and the Antarctic Peninsula. Mayewski discussed the effects of politics on U.S. climate change action and offered insight into the complex science behind determining humans’ effect on the world’s […]
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David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by The New Food Economy for an article about Maine’s blueberry surplus. This year, with a near-record harvest expected across the state’s 18,000 acres of barrens, the United States government is planning to buy $10 million worth of blueberries to […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a recent talk by a University of Maine doctoral student at the Challenger Learning Center in Bangor. Elisabeth Kilroy, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow who is pursuing a doctorate in biomedical science, taught students about how muscles work and discussed muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disease that affects […]
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Jerome Nadelhaft, an emeritus professor of history at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “The long, dark history of violence against women.”
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Mount Desert Islander reported George Jacobson, professor emeritus of the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and the Climate Change Institute, will speak at Garland Farm in Bar Harbor at 4 p.m. July 27. Jacobson served as the state climatologist for several years, according to the article. His presentation will be based on […]
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Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) interviewed Neil Comins, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Maine, about the potential challenges space settlers could encounter. Comins discussed his latest book, “The Traveler’s Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists.” “I do believe that space is the next frontier, and we […]
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