John Jemison, a soil and water quality specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was mentioned in an Associated Press report that states only two Maine residents have applied to grow the state’s first licensed crops of industrial hemp. They’re setting off into unknown territory at a time when federal law prohibits commercial hemp […]
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported on an experimental program for freshmen at Telstar High School in Bethel. On almost every school day, the students are bused to the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond to work on projects from English work to building solar panels and hiking trails, according to […]
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Mainebiz reported members of Maine’s craft brewing industry, politicians and related associations met July 11 at Shipyard Brewing Co. in Portland to discuss boosting the $400 million annual industry. The meeting aimed to connect the agricultural and craft beer communities to generate economic growth, according to the article. Ellen Mallory, a University of Maine Cooperative […]
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The Sun Journal reported Dori Lynn of Norway, a recent graduate of the University of Maine at Augusta, attended the University of Maine NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership institute in June. Lynn was among 28 undergraduates attending colleges and universities in Maine who participated in this year’s Maine NEW Leadership, an annual six-day student […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the article, “Risky choices paying off for UMaine’s wind project,” about the University of Maine-led New England Aqua Ventus I floating offshore wind pilot project. The team, which is led by Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, made calculated gambles on several innovative strategies, including the […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Mainebiz article about companies that make products using renewable biobased resources instead of petroleum-based compounds. Maine’s biobased manufacturing sector is composed of several companies including UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, according to the article, and Biobased Maine has partnered with UMaine in a grant application to the […]
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Emily Haigh, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the suicide rates among people working in different occupations. The report found people working in the farming, fishing and forestry fields had the […]
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The University of Maine Center on Aging was mentioned in a Morning Sentinel column that credits the center’s Senior Companion Program with creating a friendship. Veterans Harry Dixon, 93, of Skowhegan; and Ed Morrissey, 85, of Norridgewock, are opposites that developed a close friendship after Morrissey became Dixon’s Senior Companion, according to the column. As […]
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The Sun Journal published the opinion piece, “What is the ‘typical’ addict like?” by University of Maine student Thomas Elie. Elie, who lives in Lewiston, is a second-year student working to achieve his master of social work degree.
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Mark King, an environmental specialist for the Department of Environmental Protection’s division of sustainability and the director of the Maine Compost School, spoke with the Morning Sentinel for the article, “Backyard Farms considers plan to reduce greenhouse waste.” Backyard Farms, a commercial greenhouse in Madison, produces 25 to 30 million pounds of tomatoes and generates […]
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