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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The Ellsworth American published the opinion piece, “The return of the ‘Know-Nothings?’” by Hugh Curran, who teaches courses in Peace and Reconciliation Studies at the University of Maine.
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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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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 (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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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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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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The Suffolk Times mentioned the outstanding performance of the University of Maine Singers in Orient, New York. During spring break, the 66-member group performed free concerts in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York.
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Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), Portland Press Herald and Society for Science & the Public reported a Bangor High School senior who invented a gadget for improving water quality received one of three first-place awards — worth $150,000 — at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. The awards are a […]
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Jim Dwyer, a crops specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about second-generation potatoes. A new genetically engineered potato has been ruled safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and has been deregulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to the article. Made […]
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