The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jason Lilley, a Maine sustainable agriculture and maple industry educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and assistant Extension professor, and Colt Knight, a livestock educator with UMaine Extension and associate Extension professor. Lilley talked to the BDN for a story about risk factors and safety precautions for operating […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) talked to Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, on how the recent heat wave could have affected tick populations in Maine. Dill said ticks have shown resilience to extreme temperature fluctuations and are unlikely to be impacted […]
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Mary Jean Sedlock, a senior lecturer in theatre at the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, gave the Bangor Daily News insight into performances and appearances she has planned for the Orono Arts Fest. Sedlock was chosen by the Orono Town Council in May to organize the performing arts festival, which was previously named […]
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Samantha Poll grew up in Winterport, the same tight-knit, central Maine town where she’s now a teacher. “I know the families, and I know how it feels to be sitting at one of those desks,” said Poll, an eighth grade science teacher at Samuel L. Wagner Middle School. “It’s very important to me to show […]
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The New York Times cited two data visualizations from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer. One visualization showed the range of maximum temperature forecasts for Thursday worldwide, and the second showed where Thursday’s forecast temperatures were warmer than 1979-2000 averages and by how much.
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Maine Public interviewed Ivan Fernandez, a professor emeritus in the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources, on a report from the Maine Climate Council, of which he is a member, that will guide updates to the state’s climate action plan. Fernandez said the report builds on a previous study and shows trends that contributed […]
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An episode of “Maine Calling” featured Denise Skonberg, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine The special segment from Maine Public focused on what approaches need to be taken to harvest seafood with minimal harm to the environment and to ensure seafood species will continue to be plentiful into […]
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Starting a new position at a university located far away from home can be daunting for incoming faculty and staff, especially when their spouses or partners need to find jobs too. That’s why the University of Maine helps partners of incoming employees identify work opportunities with extensive support that, according to a new report, stands […]
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Nadège Levallet, an assistant professor of management and information systems in the Maine Business School, contributed a piece in The Conversation titled “The power of belief: How expectations influence workplace well-being interventions.”
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News Center Maine highlighted “Maine Farm News” from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, which listed reminders for how to navigate extreme heat across a wide range of agriculture and animal farming practices.
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