The Boothbay Register covered The Boothbay Sea and Science Center’s (BSSC) experiential program “Exploring the Science of Seaweed Farming,” a school-based effort co-hosted by University of Maine EPSCoR SEANET STEM Workforce Development. This in-school program impacts more than 800 students each school year and currently engages Maine seaweed farmers Down East to Gouldsboro and South […]
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In a story titled “Are 3D-Printed Homes the Future of Housing?” U.S. News & World Report noted that Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center are working on “smart-wall features that can improve energy efficiency in response to a change in the environment.”
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The Sun Journal promoted the NorthStar mentorship program offered by University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond to students grades 7-12 from School Administrative District 44 in Bethel.
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The Sun Journal highlighted the work of Sarah Howorth, University of Maine associate professor of special education, and her colleagues in determining the best practices for using artificial intelligence in special education.
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CentralMaine.com featured Hannah Carter, dean of University of Maine Cooperative Extension and associate provost for online and continuing education at UMaine, receiving the 2024 Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) Commissioner’s Distinguished Service Award.
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Morning Ag Clips, the Daily Bulldog, Penobscot Bay Pilot the Sun Journal and The Bethel Citizen noted that University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program are offering a three-part webinar series focused on using weather-based tools to help agricultural producers adapt to climate change. Visit the program webpage […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an in-person maple syrup production workshop for beginners and enthusiasts interested in making it in their own backyard from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Feb. 3. Participants in the hands-on “Backyard Maple Sugaring” program will first meet from 9–11:30 a.m. at Standish Town Hall, 175 Northeast Road, Standish; and then […]
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Orono Brewing Company is serving one of Maine’s pest experts Jim Dill twice by brewing his favorite style of beer and donating to tick research. The new JD Brown Ale, which is inspired by and named after Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, will be tapped and served at both OBC locations […]
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The Bismarck Tribune interviewed University of Maine Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Native American Programs Darren Ranco on road signs in New England now including Indigenous translations. “We have a moment where there is a search for some reconciliation and justice around Indigenous issues. The signs represent that, but by no means is that […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Griffin Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension integrated pest management professional, on the increasing range in deer tick populations in the midcoast and Down East. For the second year in a row, Maine recorded a record number of Lyme disease cases in 2023. Dill said the humidity and coastal climate […]
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