The Bangor Daily News reported on the presentation of the Fogler Legacy Award to the Woodbrey family. In all, 27 members of the family, including spouses, have graduated from or are attending UMaine, according to a family history written by youngest son, James Woodbrey. On Saturday, the family was honored with the University of Maine […]
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Charles Armstrong, a cranberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “You don’t need a bog to grow your own cranberries,” the latest column in the Maine Gardener series. Cranberries are a native evergreen ground cover that thrive next to lakes and streams, according to […]
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The University of Maine’s Jake Ward, vice president for innovation and economic development; Stephen Shaler, director of the School of Forest Resources; and Jonathan Rubin, a professor of resource economics and policy, were quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Is there fuel in those trees? Maine’s forests, distant hopes of alternative fuel revolution.” Seven […]
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Journal Tribune cited a Maine Policy Review report written by Joseph Kelley, a professor of marine geology in the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, in an article about Wells Beach erosion. The article focused on a public hearing held by the Board of Selectmen to discuss purchasing […]
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Paul Anderson, director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Cape Cod Times article on the 6th International Oyster Symposium held in North Falmouth, Massachusetts. At the symposium, Anderson said Maine Sea Grant is using a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate […]
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The Maine Edge reported Jim McConnon, a professor of economics at the University of Maine and with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will present “Pricing Your Work: Getting Paid for What You Do,” from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at 40 Harlow Street in Bangor. McConnon’s talk is part of ARTober, a monthlong […]
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The Ellsworth American and Penobscot Bay Press reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension is seeking volunteers for its Eat Well program in Hancock County. Participants will be trained to teach others about food preparation, safety and nutrition. Fifteen hours of hands-on training are scheduled 1–4 p.m. Thursdays, Nov. 5, 12 and 19; and Dec. 3 […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Steve Johnson, a crops specialist with UMaine Extension in Aroostook County, were mentioned in the Star-Herald article, “County potato harvest produces ‘excellent’ yield, quality despite weather.” After an unseasonably cold and wet start to the growing season and a warmer-than-usual September, the potato harvest has yielded good results […]
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Bruce Segee, the Henry R. and Grace V. Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about how Old Town city leaders chose to move forward with plans to spend $80,000 to connect local residents and businesses to the state’s open 1,100-mile fiber […]
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The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will offer art-making workshops for adults in November. Students will design and construct a hanging wire sculpture over the course of two Saturday workshops, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 7 and 14, according to the article. The first session […]
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