A 2011 waste characterization study by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in the Morning Sentinel article, “Waterville launches pilot residential composting program.” The study estimated that more than 38 percent of the trash Maine residents threw away could be composted instead.
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The Ellsworth American spoke with Hal Borns, professor emeritus with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, for the article, “Global sea level rise predictions double.” The article cites a study recently published in the journal Science that suggests global sea rise is happening faster than anyone thought, […]
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The Morning Sentinel reported John Bear Mitchell, Wabanaki Center Outreach and Student Development Coordinator at the University of Maine and University of Maine System Native American Waiver Coordinator, spoke at Skowhegan Area High School on Native American Recognition Day, March 18. Educational events on Native American culture at the school are making inroads toward understanding […]
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The Portland Press Herald advanced the University of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation’s 66th annual Paper Days slated for April 13–14, at Wells Conference Center. Doug Hall, founder of Eureka! Ranch and a teacher of innovation engineering at UMaine, will present as part of the “Packaging Maine for the Future.”
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The Bangor Daily News published Zachary T. Wood’s outdoors article about what an early spring can mean for Maine’s lakes. Wood is a Ph.D. student in the ecology and environmental sciences program at the University of Maine. During an early ice-out, Wood said the upper reaches of a lake warm faster and lake stratification (a […]
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Bruce Hoskins, a scientist of plant, soil and environmental sciences at the University of Maine; and Susan Erich, director of UMaine’s School of Food and Agriculture, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about testing soil for home gardens. “The whole local food movement is built on soil health. It’s a huge deal,” […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 22nd annual Rural Living Day held in Thorndike. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Waldo County Extension Association hosted the event that included workshops on topics such as building small homes, baking bread, birding, pasturing chickens, plant propagation, making maple sugar and candy, and growing berries in […]
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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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