Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News blog post about “little-known” black fly facts. When black flies bite they inject an anticoagulant to prevent blood from clotting, which can cause a mild to severe allergic reaction in some people, Diane Atwood wrote in her […]
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The Free Press reported Peter Mumby, leader of the Marine Spatial Ecology Lab at the University of Queensland, Australia, will lead a seminar at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole at noon Wednesday, July 13. In his talk, “Managing Coral Reef Resilience and Ecosystem Functioning in an Era of Climate Change,” […]
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USA Today reported on the Kids ‘n’ Kops trading card program offered by the Bangor and University of Maine police departments. The program aims to raise awareness about bullying and substance abuse prevention among elementary and middle school children. A similar program called Kids & Kops originally began in 1986 and was spearheaded by then-UMaine […]
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The Daily Telegraph in Australia mentioned a study by Per Garder, a civil engineering professor at the University of Maine, in an article about how older drivers react to roundabouts. Garder’s two-year study found drivers over 70 years old took 3.95 seconds, on average, to negotiate a roundabout, according to the article. The only drivers […]
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Research being conducted by Ellie Groden, an entomology professor at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Lincoln County News article about the invasive browntail moth. The insect, which is on the rise throughout Maine, is relatively harmless in its adult stage, but can cause a painful rash similar to poison ivy during its […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported it will broadcast three University of Maine football games during the 2016 season. The games are 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 against Bryant; noon Saturday, Oct. 15 against Albany; and noon Saturday, Nov. 5 against Villanova, according to the report. The games will all be played at home at Alfond Stadium. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine administrators have decided to reduce ticket prices and offer other perks to boost attendance at men’s ice hockey and football games. Hockey season tickets have been reduced from $325 and $295 to $255, according to the article. UMaine will still offer $50 single game tickets for hockey […]
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Medical Xpress published a University of Maine profile on Chantel Banus, a second-year master’s student in human nutrition. Banus, of Ashby, Massachusetts, is working to determine the factors that influence consumer purchase of seaweed products in the United States. She is conducting a survey to see what consumers are looking for in seaweed products and […]
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Richard Kersbergen, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor in Waldo County, was profiled in the Modern Farmer magazine article, “Extension agents: The unsung heroes of the agricultural world.” The approximately 14,000 experts who make up the USDA’s Cooperative Extension System work tirelessly to assist farmers and gardeners from coast to coast, yet rarely receive […]
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A recently released title by Catherine Schmitt, communications director for Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, was included in a Portland Press Herald roundup of new books and an exhibit that highlight Acadia National Park’s 100th anniversary. “Historic Acadia National Park: The Stories Behind One of America’s Great Treasures,” includes 12 […]
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