The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about the wild edible ostrich fern green that is being worked into a variety of appetizers and main dishes in restaurants around the state. While nearly all ferns do have a “fiddlehead,” according to UMaine Extension, it’s those of the ostrich […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine’s 1940s theme tribute to World War II veterans. The event, hosted by the UMaine Office of Veterans Education and Transition Services (VETS) and the Maine Business School, included a free potluck lunch and sharing of stories. Veterans of the Korean War and Vietnam War, and people […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered a project by a University of Maine professor and two students that shares the unique way of life and some of the challenges of people who harvest clams for a living on the coast of Maine. For the Clam Cam project, clam harvesters from Freeport to Roque Bluffs wore chest-mounted GoPro […]
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University of Maine archaeologist Daniel Sandweiss talked with ScienceNews about new findings that indicate the earliest settlers of the Americas perhaps curtailed their coastal migration to stay in the area that’s now northwestern Peru. Excavations at two seaside sites in Peru determined that people intermittently stayed there from about 15,000 to 8,000 years ago, according […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, spoke with the Tribune News Service for a column about white asparagus that appeared in the Portland Press Herald. White asparagus grows in the absence of light under mounds of soil so the spears don’t have the opportunity to undergo […]
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The Lincoln County News covered the launch of a high-altitude balloon carrying experiments of students at Jefferson Village School and Bristol Consolidated School. The launch was part of the Maine Space Grant Consortium’s Maine Student High Altitude Platform Program, designed to increase student interest in STEM. Richard Eason, a University of Maine associate professor in […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, spoke with The Atlantic and Seattle Times’ Pacific NW Magazine about deciding whether to have children. Today, about 15 percent of women never have kids, according to The Atlantic. “There are not that many people who, early on, say, ‘I definitely don’t want kids,’” Blackstone […]
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Sean Birkel, Maine’s state climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was quoted in the Kennebec Journal article, “Climate changes across Maine likely to bring more severe weather.” At a broad level, Birkel studies what has been happening in Maine over time, according to the article. “The historical […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine will use a $640,038 disbursement from the NCAA to add a mental health program to its athletic department. “We want to prioritize mental health care for our student-athletes,” said Lynn Coutts, a senior associate athletic director who is overseeing the implementation of the program. This spring, […]
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The Associated Press reported the Maine Department of Education and the Maine State Library will host a free virtual reality expo in Augusta on June 19. The state library will host visitors from local schools and educational organizations, who will learn about new tools, the report states. During the event, UMaine researchers will present HandWaver, […]
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