Susan Bennett-Armistead, a professor of literacy education at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Public News Service report about a video learning series that claims to help infants read and learn. Bennett-Armistead said videos lack the ability to interact and provide the human contact that is vital to early learning. “So, if I’m […]
Read more
David Sturm, an instructional laboratory and lecture demonstration specialist at the University of Maine, visited the studio of WVII (Channel 7) for an installment of “Science with Sturm.” To mark the start of baseball season, Sturm demonstrated the science behind spin and drag.
Read more
Mount Desert Islander reported Steve Sader, a professor of forest resources and director of the Maine Image Analysis Laboratory at the University of Maine, will discuss “Mapping and Monitoring 40-plus Years of Forest Change in Maine’s North Woods” at 5:30 p.m. April 6 in Bar Harbor. Sader will speak as part of MDI Science Café […]
Read more
The Republican Journal reported residents of the Penobscot watershed are invited to meet with scientists, researchers, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, fishermen and government representatives to discuss the state of the region past, present and future at the Penobscot Watershed Conference, scheduled for April 8–9 at Point Lookout in Northport. UMaine professor and marine biologist Robert […]
Read more
The Sun Journal reported the Auburn Community Garden Initiative will hold an open house for its first community garden on Webster Street. The garden is a collaborative effort among the city, St. Mary’s Nutrition Center; the National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance program; the University of Maine Cooperative Extension; and the Androscoggin Land […]
Read more
The Bangor Daily News reported on a presentation by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt of The Washington Post. Nutt, a health and science reporter and author of “Becoming Nicole,” spoke at the Bangor Public Library as part of Pulitzer Week. To celebrate 100 years of the Pulitzer Prizes, the University of Maine’s Department of […]
Read more
Donna Coffin, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor, visited the WABI (Channel 5) studio to talk about Livestock 101 Field Day set for Saturday, April 2 at the UMaine J. Franklin Witter Teaching & Research Center in Old Town. Basic practices appropriate for small-scale livestock producers and 4-H project leaders will be […]
Read more
The Morning Sentinel reported on a new collaboration between the University of Maine at Farmington, University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program and participating Regional School Unit 9 classrooms. The STEM Ambassadors program aims to have UMF students majoring in education or a STEM-affiliated major go into RSU 9 classrooms to teach science, […]
Read more
The Bangor Daily News previewed the 22nd annual Rural Living Day slated from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2 at Mount View High School in Thorndike. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Waldo County Extension Association are hosting the event that will include workshops on topics such as building small homes, […]
Read more
Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bustle article, “Body positivity needs to talk about combating the harmful effects of fat discrimination.” The article cited a recent interview Blackstone gave to Broadly about why plus-size women are discriminated against in interviews and their careers. “For women, being thin […]
Read more