The Associated Press reported an Augusta firm that manufactures aquaculture pens will receive about $100,000 from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving InnovaSea Systems a Small Business Innovation Research grant to research whether its pens can be made using a strong and stiff composite lumber, as opposed to high-density polyethylene plastic, […]
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Jeffrey Hecker, the University of Maine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article about University of Maine System enrollment. The Press Herald reported that although fewer students enrolled in the system this fall compared to last year, the system more than made up for it financially […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on Fall Field Day at Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden in Old Town. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers hosted the event to celebrate the growing season with workshops, activities, live bluegrass music and homemade food. Workshop topics include growing garlic, dividing peonies and identifying toxic plants in the […]
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University of Maine history professors Nathan Godfried and Elizabeth McKillen co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Kids today have grown up on the War on Terror.” Godfried has taught U.S. history at UMaine for 21 years and has written many books and articles dealing with American politics, labor and the mass […]
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The Republican Journal reported the Belfast Free Library will host a discussion series focused on the book, “Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England,” beginning Monday, Sept. 19. The series is free and open to the public. Participants will focus on portions of the book that include Native writers from Maine tribal […]
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The Ellsworth American reported the Hancock Community Garden, which has been planted and harvested for six years, was recently expanded by about 1,300 square feet. The garden is farmed by residents as well as members of the University of Maine Master Gardener Volunteers program, according to the article. “The enlargement is for the Master Gardeners […]
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The Associated Press reported researchers from the University of Maine are working on a federally funded program that uses underwater drones to collect data on what sustains and strengthens hurricanes to better understand the storms and to ultimately help protect life and property. UMaine is working on the project with researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a Blaine House ceremony to present Maxwell McCormack Jr., a professor emeritus in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, with the prestigious 2016 Austin H. Wilkins Forest Stewardship Award. The award recognizes excellence in furthering forestry, forests or forestland conservation in Maine. Started by the Maine […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was interviewed by The Boston Globe for the article, “Trump’s upper hand in Maine’s Down East.” Maine and Nebraska are the only states that award Electoral College votes not only to the statewide winner, but also for each congressional district won by a presidential […]
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Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to talk about Fall Field Day at Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden in Old Town. UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will celebrate the growing season during the event from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. The field day […]
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