The Portland Press Herald interviewed Frank Wertheim, an associate extension professor of agriculture/horticulture with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about balancing the positives and negatives of using rock salt to melt ice. Rock salt can reduce the risk of slipping on icy roads and sidewalks, but also can corrode metal and damage […]
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Wiscasset Newspaper reported the Maine Steiners, the University of Maine’s premier male a cappella group, performed Jan. 16 at Wiscasset Middle High School and led a workshop for choral students in grades 4–12. The Steiners, who are mostly nonmusic majors, spoke about performing and demonstrated different techniques, then taught special parts to groups of choral […]
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The Associated Press, Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop, “Native Bees: Habitats, Threats, and Citizen Science,” from 1–2 p.m. Feb. 13 at the UMaine Extension Oxford County Office in South Paris. Kalyn Bickerman-Martens, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at UMaine, will discuss Maine’s native […]
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The Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Franklin County Homemakers donated 300 boxes of facial tissues to local school districts. The group’s campaign included a donation kiosk at the local Hannaford supermarket and direct donations from six Franklin County Extension Homemaker groups, the article states. UMaine Extension Homemakers volunteer to support worthy […]
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Innovative, tech-savvy, entrepreneurial students will tackle challenges facing America’s farmers at the America East hackathon (Hack AE) March 2–3 at the University of Maine. Jeffrey Hecker, UMaine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, said the university is honored to host the third annual 24-hour civic hackathon. “Hack AE 2019 will provide a unique […]
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Sharon Klein, an associate professor in the University of Maine School of Economics, and Ian Bricknell, a professor of aquaculture biology at UMaine, will speak at upcoming Maine Science Festival Pop-up Events. Klein’s talk will be at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Bangor Unitarian Universalist Church. She will discuss the science of window inserts […]
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University of Maine alumnus Scott Horey ’07 will return to the School of Performing Arts to perform a solo concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 in Minsky Recital Hall. Horey performs nationally and internationally as a solo percussionist and drummer and recently returned from a tour in Poland, Denmark and Greece. The principal percussionist of […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kathryn Hopkins, an educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about growing saffron, the most expensive spice in the world. Made from hand-picked and dried stigmas of fall crocuses, saffron sells for about $5,000 per pound, the BDN reported. It’s a fairly new crop for Maine, but […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Erin Roche, a crop insurance education program manager, and David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist, for a report on the 2019 Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta. The report focused on a weather-based crop management tools event at the show. “What we’re really […]
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Courtney Allen, a student at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was how babies and mothers with opioid addiction are affected and treated, and what lasting effects the phenomenon has on society. Allen is a mother of two, has been drug-free for three […]
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