Contact: Susan Lambrecht Smith, (207) 581- 2017 ORONO — Research by University of Maine Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders Susan Lambrecht Smith is helping to refine speech and language skills of preschoolers as predictors of reading disability. A longitudinal study by Smith and three colleagues — Kathleen Scott and Jenny Roberts of Hofstra […]
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Contact: Kathy Savoie, (207) 780-4205 PORTLAND — After last year’s sad gardening season, who could blame backyard gardeners for planting a few extra rows of vegetables this year? So, what to do with the rich abundance of produce now taking shape in an ideal gardening season may be the next question for many people. Kathy […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced late Tuesday a Senate Appropriations Committee subcommittee’s initial approval of a $10 million appropriation to support University of Maine deepwater offshore wind energy research and development. Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, requested the funding. It was approved by the […]
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Contact: Adele Adkins (adele.adkins@umit.maine.edu) Joe Carr (joe.carr@umit.maine.edu or 581-3571) ORONO — A gala celebration highlighting great musicals from the 20th century will kick off the 2010-2011 Collins Center for the Arts (CCA) performance season at the University of Maine. “The Songs of Broadway,” scheduled for Saturday Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. will feature current Broadway […]
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Contact: Jim Dill, (207) 949-2155 Potato late blight, the disease that caused the significant crop losses for tomatoes and potatoes in Maine last year has just been confirmed at a sight in Waldoboro, and several other suspected sites are now being investigated. Typical symptoms will be a water-soaked grease spot on foliage with a fine white […]
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Contact: Rebecca Holberton, (207) 581-2526 ORONO, Maine — Even though the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico isn’t likely to directly affect Maine coastal habitats and wildlife, it likely will affect some of the birds that are iconic in Maine, including the common loon, many of the state’s shore birds and some of its […]
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Contacts: Barb Blazej, (207) 581-2625; Jon Moody, (207) 465-2167; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — After implementing a new philosophical approach to discipline about 3 years ago, teachers and administrators at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland watched disciplinary problems decline and student morale rise. The new approach called restorative discipline encourages students who misbehave to […]
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Editors’ note: fire ant infestations are being studied in Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and on Mount Desert Island and Orono and Wayne in Maine Contacts: Ellie Groden, (207) 581-2984; Tamara Levitsky, (207) 581-2679 ORONO, Maine — Researchers from the University of Maine are working on solutions to the rapid population growth of invasive stinging fire […]
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Contact: Andy Thomas, (207) 581-4335; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — Managing the Gulf of Maine’s $300 million lobster industry has been a practice mostly reliant upon the physical size of adult stocks, a system called stock assessment and one that’s made policymaking largely reactive with little environmental input. Now, a research team from […]
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Contact: Professor Jm Dill at (207) 581-3879; George Manlove at (207) 581-3756. ORONO — UMaine Cooperative Extension educator and pest management specialist Jim Dill is available to discuss effective ways to deal with garden insects such as Japanese beetles and other insects that chew away at gardens. Dill says this year appears likely to be […]
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