The University of Maine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article that featured tips on how to start a successful community garden. Once you have a plot of land selected, it’s not a bad idea to do a soil test, the article advises. The Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station’s Analytical Laboratory and Maine […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel reported on an upcoming production of the Neil Simon’s 1969 comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” The show will be staged at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 at the Collins Center for the Arts. During the decade of free love, Barney Cashman — middle-aged, married, overweight and overworked […]
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A 2010 University of Maine study was cited in a WLBZ (Channel 2) report about driving in snowy conditions. The study found accidents are more likely to happen when there are less than four inches of snow on the ground, with the most happening when there are less than two inches. Experts said one to […]
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The Associated Press reported a group of experts will travel to Bath to discuss the effects of the invasive browntail moth on Feb. 22. The moth has the ability to defoliate trees, and has tiny hairs that can cause a rash and respiratory problems in humans, the AP reported. Speakers at the event will include […]
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A Portland Press Herald report notes an estimated 99 University of Maine faculty, staff, students and their family members have been affected by the federal Executive Order temporarily banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim nations. The newspaper cited the figure in a story on the confusion the travel ban — and subsequent legal wrangling — […]
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Lucas Ashbaugh, a graduate student in the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Russian hacking reveals a dangerous gap in US cyber policy.” Ashbaugh is pursuing a master’s degree in international security, and is president of the Cybersecurity Team at UMaine.
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Michael Bilodeau, director of the Process Development Center at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Bob Duchesne’s “Wild Maine” radio show on 92.9 FM The Ticket. The show focused on the center and its various research projects, particularly the new advanced products that can be made out of wood. Bilodeau said the […]
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Mainebiz reported the economic impact of the state’s aquaculture industry continues to grow rapidly, according to a recent study from the University of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute. The report, released late last month, examined data from 2014. It found there were 107 aquaculture-related businesses, 1,078 industry jobs and $56.09 million in labor income. The study […]
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Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “The disappearance of Maine’s rusty patched bumblebee.” Drummond is the last known person to hold a Maine-born rusty patched bumblebee, according to the article. He held the bee in 2009 while his students collected […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on University of Maine senior Eric Morrison’s contribution to a new aquaculture exhibit at the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor. Morrison, a new media major, created a virtual reality fish farm, where visitors can don a headset and become immersed in a 360-degree, panoramic, 3-D underwater world. “Sea What Grows Aqua […]
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