Jose Eduardo Meireles, assistant professor of plant evolution and systematics at the University of Maine, spoke with The Portland Press Herald on his efforts to develop faster, inexpensive methods to study biodiversity and plant function.
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News Center Maine featured a University of Maine study which compared how well artificial intelligence models and human clinicians handled complex or sensitive medical cases. “AI really does need to be complimentary to the human clinicians,” said C. Matt Graham, author of the study and associate professor of information systems and security management at the […]
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The Spruce interviewed Peyton Ginakes, a vegetable production research associate at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about whether growing garlic can benefit other plants in a garden. “While garlic contains many of the nutrients that plants need to grow, you’d have to use a lot of garlic to fully meet those needs,” Ginakes said.
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Jon Ippolito, professor of new media and director of digital curation at the University of Maine, spoke with WFVX (FOXX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) about AI classroom disruptions and how AI could be integrated in professional and classroom settings.
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Maine Public interviewed Adam Daigneault, director of the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources, about a new state law requiring woodland owners to report contracts they’ve entered with forest carbon offset programs “If anything, that’ll help move the conversation forward about what is the role of forest carbon credits and carbon offsets in how […]
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Sophia Cameron, a city of Bangor intern who recently earned her master’s degree from the University of Maine, spoke with News Center Maine, about efforts to protect the city’s ash trees from emerald ash borer. “If we were to do nothing, all of those trees would likely die over the next 10 years,” she said. […]
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In a segment titled “Stories of childlessness, by choice or by chance,” the Vermont Public radioshow “Vermont Edition” featured Amy Blackstone, University of Maine sociology professor who researches why some people opt out of parenting.
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David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with News Center Maine about Extension’s soil testing service, which can help gardeners evaluate the quality of their soil.
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For nearly a decade, Amanda Gavin has studied and conserved lakes, including many in Maine, that provide drinking water and support agriculture. Today, she’s investigating what the future may hold for tens of thousands of crystalline blue lakes within an Arctic country experiencing rapid ecological change: Greenland. More frequent heat waves, drought, heavy rain and […]
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NBC News, People Magazine, FOX, the New York Post, India Today, New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), The Bump and other news outlets nationwide highlighted Joan Alexander, who earned her Bachelor of Science in Education from UMaine more than six decades after she started working toward […]
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