Gov. Paul LePage mentioned the University of Maine during remarks he made to open the third day of the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference in San Francisco, the Portland Press Herald reported. LePage pitched Maine as the perfect place for bioenergy executives to make investments. Maine has more than 17 million acres of forestland, and its […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “Ancient practice of gleaning returns to Maine.” Gleaning, or gathering leftover crops from farm fields after the farmer has done his or her harvest, is becoming a piece that may help solve Maine’s food insecurity puzzle, the article states. During the […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on a pipeline program between the University of Maine and Thornton Academy high school in Saco. The program, which aims to fill Maine’s shortage of engineers, allows students to get an engineering degree in just three years, according to the report. “This is the only university in Maine where we have […]
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Jeffrey Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Maine, was interviewed by 90.9 WBUR-FM, Boston’s NPR news station, for a report about UMaine’s Flagship Match tuition scholarship program and out-of-state recruiting efforts. Under the match, UMaine discounts out-of-state tuition for students who meet certain academic standards — a “B” […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Laurie Bowen, a community education assistant with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about safe home-canning methods. “There is a shelf life in home canning,” Bowen said. “If properly processed and preserved, food is good for a year [and] that is why we caution that it […]
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Research conducted by Nishad Jayasundara, an assistant professor of marine physiology at the University of Maine, was featured in the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Global Environmental Health Newsletter. Jayasundara has developed a project that integrates his expertise in environmental health research with capacity building to address issues related to environmental health in […]
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The Free Press reported the University of Maine recently held its fifth Boot Camp at UMaine in Orono and the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The three-day orientation program is for first-year students in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences, which offers undergraduate degrees with concentrations in marine biology, physical science and aquaculture, according to the […]
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Marcus LiBrizzi, an associate professor of English at the University of Maine at Machias, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about Maine ghost stories. LiBrizzi, author of “Dark Woods, Chill Waters: Ghost Tales From Down East Maine,” has researched ghost stories from all over the world, but finds the ones from Washington […]
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University of Maine political scientists Amy Fried and Mark Brewer spoke with several media outlets about U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ recent announcement that she will not run for governor of Maine. Collins, a moderate Republican who helped block her party’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act this year, said she planned to remain in […]
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Donna Coffin, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about molting season for chickens. Molting, the natural shedding of old feathers and re-growth of new ones, is something every chicken experiences, and the process can leave birds with loose scraggly-looking feathers or bald patches, […]
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