Marcella Sorg of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center will be among the state’s leaders participating in the Drug Crisis Summit organized by Gov. Paul LePage on Aug. 26. A news release about the summit is online.
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Want to preserve garden vegetables and fruits to be able to enjoy them throughout the year? University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff and volunteers are offering hands-on Preserving the Harvest workshops that incorporate USDA-recommended food preservation methods, including hot water bath canning, pressure canning and fermenting. Participants will make samples to take home. Fresh produce, […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about children of migrant blueberry workers reaping an education through the Migrant Education Program, administered by the Maine Department of Education. In addition to breakfast, lunch, snacks, tutoring and weekly field trips connected to the summer educational curriculum, children 14 and older are […]
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Dave Lambert, University of Maine research assistant, was interviewed by WABI about late blight, an infectious disease of plants that can be ecologically and economically devastating. “It’s a very infectious disease,” says Lambert. “The organism produces thousands of spores in a single lesion. It occurs very rapidly. You can lose an entire crop in two […]
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Rick Eason, organizer of the Bangor contradance and professor of computer engineering at the University of Maine, talked with the Bangor Daily News about contra dancing in the state. “It reminds me of those old movies, where people get dressed up on a Saturday night and the whole community comes together,” Eason said in the […]
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A new program based in Machias aims to immerse at least 600 10- to 18-year-olds in innovative, out-of-school science and math opportunities. The three-year STEM Guides Downeast project is a collaborative effort among the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA), Axiom Education and Training Center and University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H, according to an […]
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Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about the Maine Seaweed Festival to be held Aug. 29 in South Portland. Event organizers, including Redmond, held the first festival last year and hoped for a decent turnout, according to […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County announces the fall schedule for “Cooking for Crowds: Food Safety Training for Volunteer Cooks.” The first session will be held 9 a.m.–noon Tuesday, Sept. 29 at University of Maine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth. Additional classes also are scheduled for Oct. 14 and […]
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Undergraduate student investigating feasibility of a “food hub” for the Bangor Area
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Anna Sims Bartel, an associate director of Cornell University’s Center for Engaged Learning and Research, as part of a series that focuses on the importance of humanities. Bartel wrote an article in the special issue of Maine Policy Review earlier this year on the humanities and policy, produced […]
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