The Republican Journal/VillageSoup advanced the “Veteran Artists” exhibit that opens with a free reception 5-7 p.m. Dec. 16 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The exhibit explores the role that art plays in the lives of Maine military veterans.
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Julia Hathaway included the University of Maine Black Bear Exchange in her opinion piece in the Bangor Daily News about grassroots activism renewing a shared sense of community. “The Black Bear Exchange helps University of Maine students, many of whom are single parents, stretch their meager budgets by providing dietary staples,” she wrote, adding that […]
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Soil testing by University of Maine Extension was mentioned in a gardening gift-giving column titled “No need to dig deep for useful and appreciated gifts” in the Portland Press Herald. “About a dozen times a year I write something like ‘you really should get a soil test,’ and describe how to send soil samples to […]
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Reinhard Zollitsch, University of Maine associate professor emeritus of German, was featured on Bill Green’s Maine on WCSH6. Zollitsch, 77, bicycled 2,000 miles in Europe and has paddled the Maine Island Trail and paddled (in reverse) Samuel de Champlain’s 1609 trek that included Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River. Zollitsch has completed more than […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed University of Maine professor of aquaculture Ian Bricknell for an article about a Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife task force that is reviewing and rewriting the list of exotic pets permitted in Maine. The committee is considering whether to ban some pets currently on the list in order to […]
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Nadir Yildirim, who earned a Ph.D. in forest resources at the University of Maine, was featured in a Portland Press Herald column about his entrepreneurial spirit and his company, Revolution Research Inc. “We would like to show that we can produce from the trees smart products, futurist materials. Because people have newer needs,” said Yildirim, […]
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University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone was cited in a Portland Press Herald story about progressive nonprofits in Maine and across the country experiencing a surge in donations since the election. “They have a legitimate concern about the impact the incoming administration could have on any number of issues: on people of color, LGBT, women […]
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Richard Kersbergen, University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald article about automated technology at Maine farms. While farmers in Maine haven’t yet embraced machines for automated milking, several have automatic calf feeders. “In Maine, there’s a lot of interest (in automated milking), but no one wants to be the […]
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James Dill, pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, told the Morning Sentinel that the number of Lyme disease cases could set a record in 2016, even after the hot, dry summer. Through Dec. 5, 2016, Lyme disease cases were 12 percent higher when compared to all of 2015, according to Maine Center […]
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WABI-TV5 reported on Friday’s party at the Emera Astronomy Center to celebrate the University of Maine-designed wireless leak detection system going to the International Space Station (ISS). The prototype, tested by NASA and in the inflatable lunar habitat and Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab) at UMaine, alerts astronauts to potentially dangerous leaks of heat and […]
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