The Associated Press, Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz, WLBZ (Channel 2), North American Windpower and Windtech International reported a University of Maine-led offshore wind power pilot project has officially been selected to join a federal government demonstration program. U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the New England Aqua Ventus I […]
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Sandra Butler, a professor of social work at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Reuters Health article, “Injuries, too few work hours prompt home health aides to quit.” Based on a national survey of home health and hospice aides, having too few work hours or injuries were associated with a desire to leave […]
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Linda Trickey, an agricultural assistant with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Why backyard chickens are a good step to food independence.” Keeping chickens for eggs is part of a surging interest in local farming and food, according to Trickey, who works with small-scale farmers and […]
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The Portland Press Herald published an article about Sara Rademaker, a graduate of Auburn University in Alabama with 12 years of farming and aquaculture experience. Rademaker has rented space from the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) to develop an eel aquaculture system. Although she’s just starting her […]
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Mark Hutton, a vegetable specialist and professor of vegetable crops with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald “Maine Gardener” series, titled “Go into growing melons in Maine knowing they’re needy.” Because of Maine’s short growing season, gardeners should select melon varieties that mature quickly […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Maine’s forest products industry is in freefall, but there’s another use for these woods,” by Richard Jagels, an emeritus professor of forest resources at the University of Maine.
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The University of Maine College of Engineering was mentioned in a Sun Journal interview with Roland Landry, plant manager at Globe Footwear in Auburn. Globe Footwear, formerly known as Falcon Shoe Manufacturing, began in 1963 as a small, family-owned business in Lewiston, according to the article. In 2014, Falcon was acquired by Globe Manufacturing Company, […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Mark Hutton, a vegetable specialist and professor of vegetable crops with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will present “Growing Vegetables in Container Gardens” in Bar Harbor on Monday, June 13. From 4–5 p.m. at Garland Farm, Hutton will speak about the best varieties and practices for growing edible plants in […]
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Aaron Putnam, the George H. Denton Assistant Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, was quoted in articles by The Christian Science Monitor, New Scientist and Tech Times about the effects weather had on the fall of the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire swept through Eastern Europe until an abrupt withdrawal in 1242, […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Boston Globe article, “Trump-Clinton battle could upend electoral map.” A presidential campaign between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump could fundamentally shift the country’s political landscape, transforming party strongholds into swing states and leaving some political battlegrounds untouched by the candidates, […]
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