The Maine Monitor interviewed Maine State Climatologist Sean Birkel, also a research assistant professor at the University of Maine, on average summer temperatures in Maine and their variability. “When the air is more humid, that’s when we’ll get the overnight low temperatures that are in the mid- to high 60s, and so it makes for […]
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Following the second annual Maine AI conference hosted by the University of Maine, Spectrum News interviewed conference panelist Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at UMaine. “We also work with students and faculty to say ‘Hey, what’s an appropriate use of the tool, and what’s inappropriate?’ And is it possible to outsource to the AI […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) interviewed Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate program administrator in pest management, on pests that are commonly found in and can destroy Maine vegetable gardens, such as the hornworm. “There’s two major pests with potatoes, one is the Colorado potato beetle, and the other one is aphids. Those […]
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) interviewed Mary Freeman, assistant professor of New England history, on the history of how slavery ended in the U.S. and the meaning of Juneteenth. “We often think about the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 as this big turning point where emancipation is taking hold,” said Freeman. “But it shows you […]
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News Center Maine interviewed Jason Smith, assistant vice president for student life at the University of Maine, on the importance of cultivating opportunities for all students, including those from multicultural backgrounds, by creating a sense of belonging. “I think it’s definitely important for students to see representation that looks like them,” Smith said.
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The Hill interviewed Mark Brewer, chair and professor of political science at the University of Maine, on party reactions to the arrest of a New York City mayoral candidate. “Polarization has progressed to the point that it’s almost like Democrats and Republicans see two different realities, and those realities are so different that they are […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) highlighted the announcement that Karen Cole was named the interim director of the Collins Center for the Arts (CCA) at the University of Maine. A UMaine alumna, Cole has served as the associate director of the CCA since 2014 and succeeds longtime director Danny Williams, who is […]
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Campus Safety, Spectrum News and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) highlighted a new online database from HazingInfo.org that was co-developed by the University of Maine and houses data on hazing deaths from the past 187 years. The Bangor Daily News shared the report from Spectrum.
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The Maine Monitor interviewed Janet Fairman, associate professor of education at the University of Maine and co-director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute, on her work studying the issue of consolidating school districts. “I think that some of the opposition and withdrawals that we may be seeing now may be motivated from a desire […]
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Farms in Maine have been identified as critical places to study the health effects of a group of chemicals known as PFAS. Ellen Mallory, one of many University of Maine faculty members working together on a variety of PFAS research projects, sat down with Tim Doak, chief environmental sustainability officer at Northern Light Health (NLH), […]
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