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Newsletter on PFAS from Extension’s Fitzgerald cited by BDN

Bangor Daily News referenced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension newsletter on a group of chemicals known as PFAS written by Caragh Fitzgerald, an associate Extension educator for agriculture and an associate Extension professor. Fitzgerald wrote that uncoated corrugated cardboard is less likely to contain PFAS, and any PFAS in it will likely be diluted […]

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Vendy Hazuková: Diving deep into Arctic lake ecology

Someone who knows how to smile in subzero weather, Vendy Hazuková’s grit in the field has defined her as a graduate student at the University of Maine. Much of her time learning was outside of the classroom collecting samples in the Arctic, which ultimately led to a postdoctoral position in Northern Europe that she will […]

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Maine media boost hazing prevention consortium, research

WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and News Center Maine attended the Hazing Prevention Consortium summit held at the University of Maine’s Buchanan Alumni House June 4-5. The summit was created and organized by StopHazing, a group founded by UMaine professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan. It is an annual […]

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Extension’s Koehler featured in Press Herald’s climate council coverage

The Portland Press Herald featured comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate scientist Glen Koehler in a report from the latest Maine Climate Council meeting on Wednesday, May 29. Koehler said shorter winters — longer growing seasons — and warming temperatures should be an advantage for Maine producers and presented the latest scientific findings […]

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UMaine Extension launches new podcast featuring farm experts

University of Maine Cooperative Extension launched the Maine Farmcast, a podcast that features weekly conversations with experts from across the country who share insights and advice for both new and seasoned farmers running operations of any size.  “This is a way to share conversations around the livestock industry that relate to research, production, nutrition, reproduction, […]

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DePoy, Gilson discuss ‘adaptive fashion’ with FashionDive

FashionDive featured Elizabeth DePoy, a professor of social work and disabilities studies at the University of Maine, and her husband, Stephen Gilson, also a UMaine professor in social work and disabilities studies and the coordinator for the disabilities studies program, on the idea of “adaptive fashion” for people with disabilities. “I think adaptive fashion is […]

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Harvest Public Media interviews Extension’s Calderwood on solar farming

Harvest Public Media interviewed Lily Calderwood, a wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and a UMaine assistant professor of horticulture, on the effects of solar panels placed over an established field of wild blueberries. Researchers are trying to identify ways in which land can be used to simultaneously grow food and […]

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PFAS researcher Kopec interviewed by Press Herald on public advisories

The Portland Press Herald interviewed Dianne Kopec, a University of Maine PFAS research associate and special project assistant, on data from the state aquatic toxicology unit rendering fish unsafe to eat after a month of exposure to forever chemicals in water. “Their data should be taken seriously by officials deciding where to encourage fishing and […]

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