University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will join University of Maine System Chancellor James Page and UMaine System Trustee Greg Johnson from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19 in Minsky Recital Hall for a UMaine community discussion about the strategic change efforts emanating from the Board of Trustees’ Goals and Actions Plan. […]
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Members of the University of Maine community should be aware that the bow-hunting season has begun in the Marsh Island areas of Orono and Old Town and will continue through Dec. 8. The University of Maine Police Department is asking the general population to be especially vigilant while using recreation trails and bike paths, and […]
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson participated in the OneMaine OneTable: Higher Education Panel discussion. The full panel discussion is available on OneMaine’s website.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist John Jemison was interviewed by Channel 5 (WABI) for a report on the coming fall foliage season. Jemison explained how chlorophyll and other pigments in leaves photosynthesize as the summer wanes, which turns leaves primarily from green to bright yellow, red and orange. The timing of the color change […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for an Associated Press report that ran on the Boston Globe website about the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s infusion of funding for Republican Senate candidate Charlie Summers and TV ads for his campaign. Brewer said the committee typically does not “throw around money” without a purpose, and therefore […]
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A Bangor Daily News editorial about combating childhood obesity said that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension-hosted FoodCorps, an extension of the national AmeriCorps program that foments community and school gardening, along with healthy food choices, is a promising way to educate people about healthier lifestyles and ways to improve. The program is particularly effective, […]
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Susan Bennett Armistead, who teachers early literacy at UMaine and works with the program Raising Readers, was interviewed for a Maine Public Broadcasting Radio report on plans to increase literacy in Maine. Armistead said asking local communities to take control of their own literacy needs is a unique approach to reform. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]
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Channel 6 (WCSH) in Portland and Bangor affiliate Channel 2 (WLBZ) ran a report featuring University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and blueberry specialist David Yarborough who discussed the season’s blueberry crops. Yarborough said the season could be the best since 2000, in spite of a dry August and blight that hurt production for some […]
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The St. John Valley Times interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and crop specialist Steve Johnson in Aroostook County about how the summer’s lack of rain hurt the northern Maine potato crop. Johnson said one community, Saint Agatha, received only 1.1 inches of rain in July and less than two inches in August, which […]
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Mainebiz has posted on its website a news release from PC Construction, which has been awarded a $14 million contract to manage renovations and upgrades at UMaine’s Memorial Gymnasium and Field House. The construction, scheduled to start in the spring, will be the first major work on the two buildings since they were built 80 […]
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