UMaine in the News

WVII interviews Camire about wild blueberries, memory loss

WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Mary Ellen Camire, a University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition and past president of the Institute of Food Technologists, for a report about how eating wild blueberries could combat memory loss. According to the report, a new University of Cincinnati study that was conducted on older adults […]

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School of Economics study cited in BDN article on Maine’s craft beer boom

A 2013 study conducted by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Craft beer boom challenges Maine’s antiquated alcohol laws.” The article states that according to the study, breweries across Maine employ about 1,500 people, source hops and grains locally, and attract beer tourists to the state. […]

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Judd speaks with Press Herald about Year Without a Summer

Richard Judd, the McBride Professor of History at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “More than 200 years later, Maine still feels a chill from the Year Without a Summer.” In April 1815, Indonesia’s Mount Tambora had one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history, according […]

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Stack quoted in Press Herald ‘Maine Gardener’ column

Lois Berg Stack, an ornamental horticulture specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was mentioned in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald “Maine Gardener” series. In the article, “Building a garden from scratch is scary,” the author recalls advice provided by Stack during her landscape design class. “The hardest landscape to design […]

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Media report on application increase, waitlist at UMaine

A number of media outlets reported the number of first-year student applications to the University of Maine is up 17 percent over last year and the university has instituted a waitlist for the first time in recent history. About 14,000 qualified students applied for admission and the projected incoming class will be about 2,150. Maine […]

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WABI explores ‘Expanding Horizons’ conference for girls

WABI (Channel 5) broadcast a story about 270 middle school girls from around the state participating in a University of Maine event that provides an encouraging environment and hands-on approaches to explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The 29th Expanding Your Horizons conference featured workshops for students and teachers from 16 participating schools.

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Women’s basketball scores coverage prior to WNIT

Several media outlets ran stories about the University of Maine women’s basketball team prior to the squad’s matchup with Quinnipiac in the opening round of the WNIT. WABI (Channel 5) talked with coach Richard Barron, the Portland Press Herald featured Liz Wood and the Bangor Daily News highlighted Mikaela Gustafsson.

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Maine Edge previews Rural Living Day

The Maine Edge ran a press release about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Waldo County Extension Association’s 22nd annual Rural Living Day on Saturday, April 2, at Mount View High School. Workshop topics will include building small homes, baking bread, birding, pasturing chickens, plant propagation, making maple sugar and candy and growing […]

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