Point of Beginning shared that Tora Johnson, director of the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory at the University of Maine at Machias, will be a panelist for Global GIScience’s conversation “Pedagogies for Resilient GIScience Education” 2-3:30 p.m. Aug. 4. The conversation is to formulate best practices for the GIS community. People can register for the free, […]
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The Portland Press Herald posted a photo essay titled “For Maine’s 4-H kids, raising animals a labor of love.” Photographers captured 4-H animals and youth who usually take part in Maine Association of Agricultural Fairs but won’t this year because most fairs have been canceled due to the coronavirus. This summer would have been Natalie […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension fact sheet in its story about coronavirus outbreaks at blueberry farms in the state. Maine is the nation’s top producer of wild blueberries, with fields on 44,000 acres, according to the article. Working with UMaine, the Maine Wild Blueberry Commission group has provided 800 protective […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine, Maine Department of Education and other educational organizations will design and pilot new models of remote learning. The U.S. Department of Education awarded Maine $16.9 million for the endeavor, Rethinking Remote Education Ventures (RREV), through a Rethink K-12 Education Models grant funded by the Coronavirus Aid, […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed former University of Maine professor Edward Brazee about helping Mainers in the baby-boom generation use the internet and adopt modern technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazee co-founded the company BoomerTECH Adventures in 2015. He and colleagues have helped older Mainers learn how to use Zoom, order groceries online, pay municipal […]
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The Nikkei Asian Review interviewed Ngo Vinh Long, professor of Asian History at the University of Maine, for the article titled “Vietnam rushes to repatriate COVID-infected workers.” Vietnam, which is smaller than California with more than twice the population, serves as an early success story for containing COVID-19. Long said the country logged just over […]
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The Guardian interviewed Esperanza Stancioff, climate change educator for University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, about changes in the lobster industry. Stancioff said that over time the center of Maine’s lobster fishery has shifted from Thomaston to Stonington and Canada. Lobsters also have been moving farther offshore, requiring fishermen to obtain an […]
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Business Insider interviewed University of Maine biomedical engineer Caitlin Howell about efforts to develop a bioengineered membrane to capture airborne coronavirus droplets. The National Science Foundation allocated $225,000 for the project, a joint effort between UMaine and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The project team, led by Howell and UMass Amherst chemical engineer Jessica Schiffman, […]
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The New York Times mentioned the University of Maine in its coverage of research published in the journal Science about “the longest and most coherent global seismic noise reduction in recorded history” due to the coronavirus. The quieting, according to the researchers, resulted from social distancing, industrial shutdowns and drops in travel and tourism. Researchers […]
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Professor of Management Information Systems Nory Jones and students Grace Graham and Julianne Llerena spoke with WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) about Undiscovered Maine. This Maine Business School project uses social media to bring attention to sometimes overlooked areas of the state and small businesses there, including those struggling during the pandemic. “Our regular […]
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