The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, about the squash vine borer, a known pest in southern Maine that has been identified in central Maine this summer. “This year I have gotten quite a few calls from gardeners about it,” said Dill. “Far more calls than […]
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Registration is now open for the University of Maine Center on Aging’s 15th Annual Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium, Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 27. This colloquium, offered via Zoom, explores the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement and the implications of the movement for optimizing the quality of […]
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Inquire Within, the digital magazine from the organization WorkingNation, reported on Maine AgrAbility’s Boots-2-Bushels program, which teaches military veterans the skills needed to be their own agribusiness bosses. The 30-week program, which launched in January, includes classes taught by experts from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel shared a media release about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s seven-week series of tips for farm resiliency on social media that begins Sept. 13. Each post on the UMaine Extension Facebook page will feature a new entry from the weekly “Small Bites” series, offering short articles with practical […]
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During Season 3 of “The Maine Question” podcast, host Ron Lisnet will interview University of Maine movers and shakers working to improve people’s lives and the world. Here’s a preview of three topics this season, which kicks off Thursday, Sept. 17 Catherine Biddle and Maria Frankland from the College of Education and Human Development will […]
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The Weekly Packet highlighted the Maine Compost School course in an article about the Maine Department of Environmental Protection awarding a $40,000 grant for a new composting facility in Brooklin. The Maine Compost School, co-operated by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, and the environmental protection department, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a seven-week series of tips for farm resiliency on social media beginning Sept. 13. Each post on the UMaine Extension Facebook page will feature a new entry from the weekly “Small Bites” series, offering short articles with practical tips for stress reduction, communication and farm team and family […]
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Mainebiz highlighted the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions helping the Maine Climate Council with its efforts to improve the equity outcomes of the state Climate Action Plan. The center provided expertise to the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to help determine how the Climate Council’s strategies for reducing carbon […]
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The Advertiser Democrat, VillageSoup and Wiscasset Newspaper highlighted Liam Riordan, a professor of history at the University of Maine, as one of several notable presenters for the Maine Historical Society’s MAINE AT 200 virtual series. The program, which the historical society will broadcast from September through March via Zoom, will feature conversations and panels on […]
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The University of Maine Political Science Department and UMaine UVote are partnering to offer mini-grants of as much as $500 to support nonpartisan activities intended to raise awareness about voting and the November election. Election Engagement mini-grants are available to all members of the UMaine community, with applications accepted online on a rolling basis until […]
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