In advance of the next predicted eastern spruce budworm outbreak, officials with the University of Maine, Maine Forest Service and Maine Forest Products Council have published a risk assessment and disaster preparedness plan to keep forest landowners, government officials and the general public informed. The report includes an assessment of the last outbreak and how […]
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The Associated Press reported Gov. Paul LePage and the Maine Spruce Budworm Task Force will release a report March 16 about how to prepare for the possibility of a spruce budworm outbreak. The defoliating insect can damage large areas of commercially valuable forest land, according to the AP. The plan and risk assessment includes about […]
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The Maine Edge advanced the Penobscot County Conservation Association’s 78th Eastern Maine Sportsmen’s Show to be held March 11–13 at the University of Maine. The show, which will be held in the New Balance Field House and Memorial Gym, will include more than 120 exhibitors of canoes, fishing and fly-tying equipment, hunting dogs, taxidermy, boat […]
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Registration is open for the second annual Jr. Bears Triathlon that will be held on the University of Maine campus Saturday, June 4. The Jr. Bears Triathlon is a fundraiser for Black Bear Aquatics (BBA), a competition-based swim team located at UMaine’s Wallace Pool. The group aims to provide technical development and racing skills for […]
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Fourteen student-led projects addressing food insecurity on college campuses, in high schools and in communities statewide have been awarded mini-grants from the Maine Hunger Dialogue, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension-led initiative that mobilizes the power of higher education to end hunger in the state. The recipients of mini-grants of as much as $500 are: […]
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Stephen Colbert introduced millions to Skylar Bayer’s marine reproductive ecology research. When “The Colbert Report” aired a mock crime story about missing scallop gonads and a lonely lady scientist performing experiments, the audience laughed while it learned. That funny, true, personal stories can both inform and entertain resonates with Bayer, a doctoral candidate based at […]
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Be immersed in a simulated tornado, illustrate nature, look through a solar telescope, hold an oyster, ask a genius a question. Do it all and more at the Maine Science Festival, being held March 18–20, at the Cross Insurance Center and other downtown Bangor venues. The University of Maine is participating in a number of […]
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The University of Maine’s award-winning Composite Arch Bridge System known as the Bridge-In-A-BackpackTM was mentioned in the New Scientist article, “Skyscrapers of the future will be held together with glue.” The author wrote that glue is the future of architecture because of lightweight nonmetallic composites, such as carbon fibre, fiberglass panels and other structural plastics. […]
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Campus Activities & Student Engagement (CASE) at the University of Maine will host the Dirigo Leadership Conference on April 2. For more than 30 years, the annual event formerly known as the Student Leadership Conference has provided college students with an opportunity to learn more about the many facets of leadership. The 2016 Dirigo Leadership […]
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A statewide outreach program of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research is featured in a recent newsletter from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities. The item in AUCD’s “Act Early Network News” highlights the institute’s work with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), an intervention program targeting toddlers diagnosed with autism and […]
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