The University of Maine has formed an innovation team to help evaluate and develop solutions to the shortages of supplies and challenges faced by Maine’s health care centers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group includes UMaine faculty, staff and students, representatives from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, the Maine […]
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The Mount Desert Islander included Audra Christie, an assistant art professor at the University of Maine at Machias, in a list of artists and musicians offering free lessons to residents during the coronavirus outbreak. Christie has been providing live online origami classes.
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the University of Maine Office of Innovation and Economic Development assisting in developing protective gear for health care workers as they deal with a shortage amid the coronavirus outbreak. The office has been working with Dr. Jonnathan Busko and his colleagues at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor to create […]
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Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine is contributing to global scientific research efforts to fight the coronavirus. The visualization computer cluster in Emera’s Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium is now part of an innovative platform operated by the University of California, Berkeley. It is the second planetarium in the nation to join the effort. […]
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Morning Ag Clips and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel shared the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s new online resource titled “COVID-19 Food Safety Information for Maine Consumers.” The website includes links to fact sheets, guidelines and videos about proper disinfecting, food purchasing and storage, recipes using pantry staples and proper hand washing for food […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the “#EmpoweringMEandYou – Stress Less” online workshop from University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H. The free workshop, designed by teenagers for teenagers, will be hosted from 6 to 7 p.m. April 16. “The point is to help kids learn how to cope with stress, learn what the effects of stress […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with several University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff members about how to safely grocery shop during the COVID-19 pandemic. Robson Machado, assistant professor and food scientist, said that the science is evolving and all tips should be taken with a grain of salt as recommendations continue to change. “We just […]
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News Center Maine interviewed student teachers from the University of Maine and Mia Morrison, a lecturer in instructional technology at UMaine, about student teaching during the coronavirus pandemic. Olivia Murphy, who teaches third grade at Asa Adams Elementary School, said she and her mentor teacher use Google Classroom, which students have found engaging. Derek Gagne, who […]
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Morning Ag Clips, Penobscot Bay Pilot and Daily Bulldog published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release announcing a new ask-an-expert agricultural page devoted to frequently asked questions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maine farmers and agricultural producers can use an online form to submit questions about COVID-19 and agriculture. Questions still can be submitted to local […]
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Daily Bulldog, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel and The Bethel Citizen published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release announcing that UMaine Extension 4-H is offering virtual science cafés for teens in seventh grade through senior year of high school from 3–3:45 p.m. Tuesdays beginning March 31. The informal discussions will include UMaine scientists talking about […]
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