University of Maine paleoecologist and plant ecologist Jacquelyn Gill told Business Insider that NASA data on Earth’s climate provides a critical baseline of comparison, as she and other researchers study climate change over millions of years. Last month, Bob Walker, an adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, told The Guardian newspaper that the incoming administration was […]
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In a story celebrating National Brownie Day, the Portland Press Herald noted it was former University of Maine instructor Mildred Brown “Brownie” Schrumpf who contended, for years, that Maine invented the yummy dessert. Over her roughly 70-year career, Schrumpf, who died in 2001 at age 98, taught home economics at UMaine and camp cookery to […]
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Morning Ag Clips and Seacoast Online reported applications are now being accepted for the 2017 University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer training programs in York and Cumberland counties. Morning Ag Clips reported the Cumberland County sessions, which begin Feb. 3 in Falmouth, will place on 16 consecutive Friday afternoons. A Master Gardener is […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported Orono-based startup Revolution Research Inc. was among the recipients sharing a $1.3 million award from the Environmental Protection Agency. Revolution Research won $100,000 to design the manufacturing process for a bio-based ceiling tile that is durable, nonhazardous and can be composted, according to the article. The tiles also must have […]
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UMBC News reported on a recent online discussion forum moderated by Nathan Stormer, chair of the Communication and Journalism Department at the University of Maine. Experts from National Geographic, NPR and other national leaders in the arts, humanities and sciences connected by webcam last week to discuss 10 images for “How Science is Pictured in […]
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Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology and director of Native American research at the University of Maine, took part in a panel discussion on indigenous lands and environmental justice, according to a Bowdoin news release. The Brunswick event provided historical context for and analysis of the protest against a proposed oil pipeline sited close […]
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Michael Socolow, a professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Quartz article about popular Orwellian euphemisms such as “post-truth” and “alt-right.” “The idea of post-truth is that it implies that truth is over,” Socolow said. “120 million Americans voted in this past election, and I’m not ready to […]
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Robert Seymour, the Curtis Hutchins Professor of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Seacoast Online for an article about the state’s most common tree: the balsam fir. “It’s just everywhere,” Seymour said of the tree that grows in mixed woods in southern and central Maine, and in almost every forest ecosystem […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the annual Winter Art Factory hosted by the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The free event was held ahead of the Festival of Lights Parade and included several stations for creating ornaments, wrapping paper and a paper lantern, according to the report. “Often times not everyone […]
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Lois Berg Stack, an ornamental horticulture specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was mentioned in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald “Maine Gardener” series. In the article, “In landscape design, consider function as well as beauty,” the author wrote about attending a two-day session as part of landscape design school. “A […]
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