WABI (Channel 5), The Washington Times, The Daily Journal, Berkshire Eagle and WGME (Channel 13) reported the University of Maine has been awarded almost $12,000 from the USDA to further research the state’s potato industry. The funding will help enhance critical food research of Maine’s agricultural sector, according to the report.
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Engineering News-Record (ENR) published an article about the University of Maine-led New England Aqua Ventus I offshore wind project. UMaine researchers are completing the design and engineering work for a full-scale floating hull for the proposed 12-MW Aqua Ventus I offshore wind farm, according to the article. The project follows the successful 2014 deployment of […]
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On about 20 acres in rural Kennebec County along Long Pond sits a lodge, as well as accompanying carriage house and cottages, that will become a rehabilitation retreat for wounded veterans and their families. The property, which crosses the boundary between the towns of Rome and Mount Vernon, was built in 1929 and owned by […]
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A 2011 waste characterization study by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “What it would take for Maine to compost its way to sustainability.” The study found about 43 percent of what Mainers send to landfills and incinerators is compostable, and two-thirds of that waste is […]
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A three-year, $2 million National Science Foundation project led by University of Maine researchers was cited in a New York Times article about Microsoft acquiring MinecraftEdu, a modified version of Minecraft tailored for use in schools. The popular video game is described as a digital sandbox, inside which players can construct anything they want, much […]
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PRI’s “The World” mentioned two University of Maine researchers in the report, “In Greenland, a climate change mystery with clues written in water and stone.” According to the article, Greenland holds the world’s second largest ice sheet, and it’s melting fast — an average of 287 billion metric tons of ice a year. Glaciologist Gordon […]
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A special collection at the University of Maine’s Fogler Library was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Find a treasure trove of old Maine seed catalogs online.” More than 18,000 seed and nursery catalogs dating back to the 18th century have been digitized and uploaded by the National Agricultural Library to the nonprofit Internet […]
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Frank Drummond, an entomology specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and a UMaine professor of insect ecology, and David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with UMaine Extension and professor in the School of Food and Agriculture, were quoted in a Maine magazine article about the wild Maine blueberry industry. In the article, Drummond […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute, spoke about his recent 4.5-week trek to recover ice cores in South Georgia on “207,” a news program on WLBZ (Channel 2) and WCSH (Channel 6). Part I of the interview aired Monday, Jan. 11. Part II will air Tuesday, Jan. 12.
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Patricia Oh, coordinator of older adult services in Bowdoinham, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Morning Edition.” She spoke as part of a monthlong series that focuses on the challenges faced by Maine’s increasing population of older adults and how public policy is addressing them. Oh and other guests in the […]
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