Maine Public highlighted a new service the state of Maine is launching through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension that will help farmers whose land is contaminated with “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, explore their options for buyout.
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News Center Maine interviewed Kat Gross, a University of Maine student and president of the Black Bear Beekeepers club, on UMaine’s designation as a Bee Campus by Bee City USA. Gross said protecting bees is especially important for state crops like blueberries and that pollinators are responsible for about a third of the food humans […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, a University of Maine associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology, won the American Quaternary Association Award for Leadership in Quaternary Sciences. The award recognizes midcareer scientists in North America who have made outstanding scientific discoveries and exceptional impacts in the field of quaternary sciences and society at large. More information can be […]
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Derek Bizier doesn’t teach his eighth grade math students the same way he learned in middle school — primarily through lectures. Instead, his students at Leonard Middle School in Old Town spend most of class out of their seats solving problems in small groups on large vertical whiteboards throughout the classroom. The questions students answer […]
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The New York Times featured Justin Wolff, chair of the University of Maine Department of Art and professor of art history, in an obituary for a renowned collector, museum curator and scholar of American art, John Wilmerding. Wolff, who was a former student of Wilmerding, spoke toward how Wilmerding helped give American art an identity […]
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News Center Maine highlighted research from University of Maine scientists and graduate students into a group of chemicals known as PFAS infects and their ability to contaminate crops. They are growing different varieties of forage crops and testing them for chemicals accumulated from the soil.
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The Portland Press Herald and News Center Maine reported on the inaugural artificial intelligence conference hosted by the University of Maine and held at the University of Southern Maine in Portland on Friday, June 14. Leaders in business, government and academia participated in panel discussions aimed at helping the state’s businesses know how they can […]
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News Center Maine reported on research from University of Maine professors and a graduate student exploring a new, cost-effective method to mitigate soil liquefaction, a damaging side effect of earthquakes that turns water saturated soil into a liquid state. Lead researcher Aaron Gallant, an associate professor of geotechnical engineering at UMaine, said events such as […]
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The Times Record highlighted research efforts by two University of Maine graduate students to research, understand and protect amphibians. Marisa Monroe launched a two year project in Acadia National Park to study seasonal patterns among amphibians, and Greg LeClair founded Maine Big Night, a statewide citizen science project encouraging volunteers to collect data and monitor […]
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The Sun Journal interviewed David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and cooperating professor of horticulture, on strawberry season. A rainy June last year damaged the strawberry crop, but Handley said this year has the best crops he has seen in a while. The season lasts for about […]
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