The Bangor Daily News reported a collaboration of groups is seeking to engage Mainers by organizing the first Maine Composts Week, a series of events being held May 7–13, exemplifying what people can do to cut down on food waste. The week is being put on by a coalition of about 16 groups from across […]
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The Ellsworth American reported on a public conversation on the topic of fake news hosted by the League of Women Voters-Downeast. The discussion, which was held in Ellsworth, featured a panel of guests including Josh Roiland, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Maine; Earl Brechlin, author and editor of Mount Desert Islander; […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine’s Speech Therapy Telepractice Program, which allows speech therapy students the opportunity to gain valuable, clinical experience without leaving campus. Using a secure web-hosted video conferencing system, graduate student clinicians provide speech therapy services to adults and children through computers or other devices connected by high-speed internet. […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about how to build successful composting habits. Composting is the process of organic matter breaking down and becoming a type of fertilizer, according to the article. “I tend to think of my compost bin almost as […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) advanced Maine Day, the University of Maine’s annual campuswide spring cleanup tradition. The May 3 event mixes chores with games and activities, WLBZ reported. The day begins with a Harry Potter themed parade, followed by more than 70 projects, including raking, planting flowers, picking up litter and painting at various locations on […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Ellyn Enderlin, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, will speak in Bar Harbor on May 5. Enderlin will discuss the drastic changes to the Earth’s oceans as a result of the melt of the Greenland ice sheet. Her […]
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Sandra Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, was interviewed by The Sunday Business Post in Ireland for an article about France’s youngest presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron, who is married to a woman 25 years his senior. Caron is one of a small number of sociologists to have studied relationships […]
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The Kansas City Star interviewed Jordan LaBouff, an assistant professor of psychology and honors at the University of Maine, for the article, “26 percent of Americans are atheist? Researchers say the godless are undercounted.” Atheists remain largely out of view and broadly disliked, according to the article. “Fundamental atheists,” according to one social psychologist, refers […]
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Caitlin Caserta, the assistant director of fitness at University of Maine Campus Recreation, visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to talk about the upcoming Body and Mind Adult Fitness/Wellness Camp. The camp, which is for adults who are 55 years of age or older, will include wellness, fitness and falls-risk assessments; ideas for safe, […]
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Beth Calder, a food science specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and associate professor of food science in the School of Food and Agriculture, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “How Maine’s cheesemakers are keeping food safety a top priority.” When news broke about a listeria outbreak tied to Vulto, a […]
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