WVII (Channel 7) reported on a two-day meeting held at the University of Maine to discuss hazing prevention research. The event was the culmination of the Hazing Prevention Consortium, a three-year research-to-practice initiative led by Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at UMaine. In addition to UMaine, the meeting included representatives from seven other […]
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Jackson’s Art Blog, a website of Jackson’s Art Supplies, published an interview with Susan Groce, an art professor at the University of Maine. The article referred to Groce as “one of the pioneers of environmentally safer printmaking in the United States.” After spending time at Edinburgh Printmakers at the start of the nontoxic printmaking movement, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported members of the public are invited to discuss how best to commemorate Maine’s bicentennial at a free dinner hosted by the University of Maine Humanities Center in Searsport on June 16. From 5–7 p.m. at the Penobscot Marine Museum’s First Congregational Church, guests will have the opportunity to take part in […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, a University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition and past president of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), was interviewed for an article on functional food for Vitacost’s Health Bites blog. Camire said functional foods are defined as any fare that provides health benefits beyond basic nutrition. Functional foods […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Global Aquaculture Advocate cited research by Dana Morse, a scientist with Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in articles on Mainers testing a Japanese method to farm scallops. Maine sea farmers hope the “ear-hanging” technique will grow larger mollusks faster than current methods do, according to the […]
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Robert Glover, an assistant professor of political science and honors at the University of Maine, was featured in the “Ask the Experts” section of a WalletHub study about 2016’s metro areas that most and least resemble the United States. Glover said recent research suggests that diversity can be important in growing one’s local economy, particularly […]
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Tori Jackson, an associate professor of agriculture and natural resources with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Drought plus cold adds up to ‘a different kind of growing season.’” So far this year, Maine farmers and gardeners have been contending with bizarre weather patterns and having […]
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Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science and forest resources at the University of Maine, was a guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The episode, “Science Skepticism,” examined why the public often questions the validity of scientific evidence.
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WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with Amy Witt, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about the UMaine Gardens at Tidewater Farm in Falmouth. UMaine Extension, which has offices in all 16 counties in Maine, reaches out to the community through educational offerings, according to the report. One of its newest efforts is the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a recent visit and talk by Dr. Sten Lindahl, chair emeritus of the Nobel Assembly in Medicine in Sweden. For 16 years, Lindahl was part of a team that vetted scientific findings to determine who would take home the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, according to the article. […]
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