The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization about criminal justice, cited a 2008 University of Maine study in the article, “Does college hazing defy the laws it spawned?” The study, which was conducted by researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, found that more than half of college students involved with student organizations experience hazing, according […]
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Donna Coffin, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on how to raise backyard chickens.
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about the expanding options of federal farm assistance programs. United States Department of Agriculture policy changes over the last couple of years have allowed agencies to better help a wider range of farmers and farming operations — including those in Maine, […]
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University of Maine research was included in the Audubon article, “The saltmarsh sparrow is creeping dangerously close to extinction.” The report mentioned the Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program (SHARP), a scientific task force that spans the Atlantic coast and includes UMaine researchers. Mo Correll, a postdoctoral researcher with UMaine, has spent the past six […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, spoke with TODAY for the report, “‘I don’t think this is for me’: 7 reasons why people choose to be childfree.” Blackstone spoke about a recent study she co-wrote with UMaine graduate Mahala Stewart, titled “There’s More Thinking to Decide: How the Childfree Decide Not […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) reported on a farm field day hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension at UMaine’s Aroostook Research Farm in Presque Isle. Field day topics included grain trials, potato breeding and the variety trial program, and crop rotation for control of pink rot potato disease. Lakesh Sharma, a UMaine […]
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The Republican Journal reported the sixth annual Blueberry Cover Half Marathon will take place beginning at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 28 in Tenants Harbor. All proceeds from the race around the St. George peninsula will benefit the nonprofit Tanglewood and Blueberry Cove 4-H Camps and Learning Centers, which are programs of the University of Maine […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Morning Sentinel report about Maine Farm Days in Clinton. The two-day agricultural fair included a U.S. Department of Agriculture demonstration on rainfall to show people, especially farmers and landowners, how different types of soil react to rain, according to the article. The demonstration was one […]
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Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Politico for the article, “Has Fox News hit its ceiling?” Following the exit of the Fox News chairman and CEO amid sexual harassment allegations, control of the channel will soon fall to Rupert Murdoch’s sons, and with it […]
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University of Maine oceanographer Robert Steneck’s research on coral reef health in the Dominican Republic was cited in an article in Diario Libre, a newspaper in the Caribbean country. Steneck and collaborators assessed the state of the island’s corals using indicators of reef health, including abundance of algal cover, adult corals, juvenile corals and parrotfish. […]
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