The tick identification program offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about the effects this winter’s mild temperatures have had on Maine creatures. Typically, ticks are prevalent in Maine for just over half the year, from the middle of spring to the middle of the fall, […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Here’s my big hope: One day, being born a female won’t be a curse,” by Reza Jalali, coordinator the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Southern Maine. Jalali is the author of “The Poets and the Assassin,” a play about women in Iran and […]
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WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the fourth annual Literacy Tea event held at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor. The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development co-sponsored the event that was organized by Literacy Volunteers of Bangor. Susan Bennett-Armistead, a professor of literacy education […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the Portland Public Library’s exhibit of William Shakespeare’s First Folio. The University of Maine Humanities Center and Department of English co-sponsored a bus trip to Portland to tour collections at the Osher Map Library, as well as attend a public lecture and view Shakespeare’s First Folio. “I think anything that […]
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Greg Porter, a professor of agronomy at the University of Maine, was quoted in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald “Maine Gardener” series, titled “UMaine research leads to the introduction of two new potato varieties.” The author wrote he was surprised last winter when he saw Caribou Russet and Pinto Gold, two new […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the wrap up of Islamic Awareness Week, which invited members of the University of Maine and surrounding communities to learn about Islamic faith and culture. UMaine’s Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) and the Islamic Center of Maine, an Orono mosque, sponsored the seventh annual event, which culminated with two guest speakers […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Center on Aging and Eastern Area Agency on Aging (EAAA) are offering a free screening and guided discussion of the short documentary “Nine to Ninety.” The half-hour film captures the true story of an elderly couple in California living with one of their adult daughters, her […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with fourth-year University of Maine student Matt Dexter about his efforts to raise funds and awareness for cancer. Dexter is the president and founder of the Christine B. Foundation — named in honor of his mother who died of stomach cancer when he was 13. To positively affect people fighting cancer, […]
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The Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center was mentioned in a Fosters.com article about York-based RTI Wave Power, a subsidiary of Rohrer Technologies, Inc. The research and development company was formed to create a scale-model prototype to extract energy from ocean waves, according to the […]
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John Jemison, a soil and water quality specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, provided advice for the Bangor Daily News article, “What you need to know to garden organic.” “There is so much information out there now,” said Jemison, who has been gardening for 40 years. In April, Jemison teaches Mainers how to […]
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