California-based Central Valley Business Times published a University of California, Davis news release announcing a nearly $2 million grant for a food-safety research project led by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and involving a multistate network of collaborators. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant will support studies needed […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Hank Garfield, who teaches English at the University of Maine, for the article, “Why older Mainers should get on board with Bangor’s public transportation system.” According to the article, there are many reasons for people, especially older area residents, to use the public Community Connector bus system to get […]
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At the Maine Forest and Logging Museum’s Living History Days in Bradley, WVII (Channel 7) reported on a Lombard steam log hauler that was restored a few years ago by University of Maine engineering students. The log hauler was invented and built in Waterville between 1910 and 1917, and was the first successful tracked vehicle. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on Elect Her — Campus Women Win, a free training workshop at the University of Maine for college women who are interested in sharpening their leadership skills and learning more about political campaigns. Participants learned the basics of running a successful student government campaign, and had the […]
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The New York Times spoke with Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, for an article about a UMaine-led offshore wind power pilot project. UMaine’s prototype, part of a demonstration project called Aqua Ventus that is partly financed by the Department of Energy, is one of various types […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was featured in the Portland Press Herald article, “Meet Maine’s Arctic experts.” Mayewski is one of several presenters scheduled to speak at the Maine-Arctic Forum at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. The explorer and scientist has led more than 50 expeditions to […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a new study published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior that found sexually active older men are at significantly greater risk for developing heart attacks, high blood pressure and other cardiovascular problems than their less-active male peers. Men who reported having sex with a partner once per […]
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David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension and a professor of horticulture in the School of Food and Agriculture, was quoted in the Atlas Obscura article, “Is there such a thing as too many blueberries?” Blueberries grow naturally in Maine’s acidic soil, and for decades, growers have been working to […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Government is what made America great. Poliquin should take his fear of it elsewhere,” by David Labrecque, an engineering physicist at the University of Maine.
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Richard Kersbergen, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the closing of a small livestock farm in Morrill. Rose Rapp and her husband, owners of Farmetta Farm, announced to their customers that financial and other considerations had driven them to […]
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