Paul Rawson, a marine scientist at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Philippine Star article about blue mussel research conducted by Michael Rice, a professor at the University of Rhode Island. Blue mussels along the Brazilian and Colombian coasts of South America traversing the Panama Canal have reached coastal waters in the Pangasinan […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “Higher than normal temperatures cause plant confusion in Maine.” Warm December temperatures around the state have caused some plants to bloom earlier than normal, Garland said. “It’s basically jumping the gun on the next season,” […]
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Lily Chaleff, a FoodCorps service member with Cultivating Community, was a recent guest on WLBZ (Channel 2). Chaleff demonstrated how to make a kid-friendly kale salad while speaking about the program that helps children develop a healthy relationship with food. The Maine FoodCorps program is the state branch of the national program that teaches healthful […]
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Ann Acheson, a research associate at the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Portland Press Herald for reports about poverty in the state. In the MPBN report “Where exactly is the poverty line in Maine?” Acheson said the “state’s median income remains well below the […]
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Jim Dwyer, a crops specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Insect, virus harangue potato industry, stymie scientists.” Dwyer spoke about aphids and the diseases they carry, including potato virus Y. Over the last decade in Europe, the traditional strain of potato virus Y (PVY-O) “has […]
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A University of Maine touch tank located at the Maine Discovery Museum in downtown Bangor was mentioned in a WABI (Channel 5) report about educational school vacations for local children. Kim Stewart, program manager at the museum, said children used the tank, which is on loan from UMaine, to learn about ocean animals including horseshoe […]
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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, “Farming workshops aim to inspire a new generation of farmers.” At the Agricultural Trades Show at the Augusta Civic Center in January, the Beginning Farmer Resource Network (BFRN) of […]
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Research conducted last year by a group of graduate students in the University of Maine’s social work program was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “One way to address Maine’s drug epidemic: Maximize treatment access we already have.” The students reached out to the physicians in Maine who are listed by the U.S. Substance […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing four workshops to help companies apply for a regional entrepreneurship acceleration program. Applications are currently being accepted for the 2016 Top Gun Maine Bangor Region Class. The area’s entrepreneurs with aspirations to achieve high growth through innovation will compete for a limited number of […]
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The University of Maine Center on Aging was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about a grassroots effort to help the state’s senior citizens live at home. At Home Downeast began operating in 2012 as a program of the nonprofit Washington Hancock Community Agency, and serving the towns of Surry, Blue Hill, Brooklin, Deer […]
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