An article on the MSN Today Moms Website discussing whether a “mom gene,” or a genetic link to nurturing traits and behavior, exists in mice included comments from University of Maine sociologist and department chair Amy Blackstone, who said evidence supporting such a gene in mice might send a negative message to women who choose […]
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Bess Koffman, a University of Maine Ph.D. student who works with Karl Kreutz, a UMaine professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute, recently won the “Lights, Camera, Science” student video contest sponsored by the American Geophysical Union. Koffman and Thomas Bauska of Oregon State, who made the 4 […]
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Staff from UMaine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth will be on the Orono campus again this fall to sell high-quality apples and pumpkins. The sale is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11 by the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. Apple prices are $2 a pound and $3 per pound for organic; pumpkins are $3, […]
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James Stephen Bost, longtime professor of speech and director of theater at the University of Maine, died Sept. 28, 2012, at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., according to his obituary in the Bangor Daily News. Born in Greenville, Ill., Bost moved to Maine in 1961 and taught for 26 years at UMaine, where he […]
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Comments from Robert Bayer, director of the University of Maine-based Lobster Institute, appeared in an Associated Press story on the Boston Globe website, in advance of this week’s four-day Lobster Academy in New Brunswick. Representatives from supermarket chains, restaurants, cruise ships and other companies that buy lobsters are expected to attend. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
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A Bangor Daily News article on parasites threatening Maine’s moose population included comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension veterinarian Anne Lichtenwalner and several UMaine students who have been researching the effects of moose lungworm on moose mortality. UMaine student Jana Drury, postdoctoral research Sarah Barker and recent UMaine graduate and research assistant Darryl Ann […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and cranberry specialist Charlie Armstrong said in an article in the Maine Sunday Telegram warm weather resulting from climate change could be behind this year’s successful cranberry harvest in Maine. Armstrong also said crops like peaches, typically better suited for warmer, southern climates, could become more common in the […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Director John Rebar was interviewed by Channel 8 (WAGM) in Aroostook County about several UMaine Extension programs that help Maine’s agricultural economies, including the Maine Food System and 4-H Youth development programs. Rebar said UMaine Extension also will hire a new soil scientist for the Presque Isle office to work […]
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A Maine Public Broadcasting Radio report on the increasing demand for natural gas included comments from Richard Hill, a UMaine professor emeritus of engineering. Hill said one of the reasons people have a long wait for natural gas hookups is that the construction of highways has led to a more spread-out, rather that cluster-based, lifestyle. […]
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University of Maine football standout Brian Harvey has been named a semi-finalist for the National Football Foundation’s William V. Campbell Trophy, given to college football’s best scholar-athlete, and also was named a candidate for the organization’s National Scholar-Athlete Awards. A senior place-kicker from Wayland, Mass., Harvey’s 39-yard field goal in overtime beat New Hampshire in […]
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