The March/April 2012 issue of “fine Gardening” magazine includes an article by University of Maine Cooperative Extension small fruit and vegetable specialist David Handley on pruning red raspberries, which recommends a hard late-winter thinning as the secret to healthier plants. The article includes an Extension video in which Handley illustrates proper pruning techniques.
The travel section of the Boston Sunday Globe on Feb. 5 included the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine as being among noteworthy New England college highlights “offering exceptional and exhilarating experiences” for the public. The article recommends Hudson’s Native American exhibits and its basket collection, which the Globe features on its website.
The PBS news program “Washington Week in Review” has aired a news report on how Maine voters get information about political candidates that was created and reported by UMaine student Kylie Keene, a senior who is interning at WVII (ABC) Bangor this semester. Keene interviewed UMaine students and several older adults in Orono, in addition to political science professor Amy Fried for the report.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Kristin Sobolik of UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute was noted in a story on the website io9.com for her work in paleofecal research. The story said there was a big breakthrough in human DNA extraction when Sobolik suggested samples found in Hinds Cave in Texas be tested.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Bangor TV station WABI had an advance on Friday evening’s troop send-off ceremony to be held at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts. The ceremony will honor members of a Maine Army National Guard medevac unit that is being deployed to Kuwait.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
The Maine Physical Sciences Partnership, a program that partners UMaine with nearly 50 middle and high schools, was featured in two local TV reports Thursday evening. WABI and WLBZ filmed students and a teacher at the Reeds Brook School in Hampden, where the students were studying force and motion by testing propeller-powered model cars. Both stations interviewed Erika Allison, the UMaine-based project operations director for Maine PSP and the UMaine-based Maine Center for Research in STEM Education.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
The Bangor Daily News ran a preview story of “Avenue Q,” an upcoming production by Maine Masque, a UMaine student theatre organization, which features puppetry. UMaine theater professor Sandra Hardy told the BDN in an interview that in learning how to do puppetry for the show, her students gained a useful skill they can use to their advantage in the job market.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Media outlets around the country, including the Kansas City Star, reported that UMaine education professors Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden have been named Thursday to a newly formed anti-hazing committee at Florida A&M University, which had a hazing incident last fall which led to the death of a student band member. Allan and Madden are nationally recognized hazing researchers who with co-authored a pivotal 2008 report on hazing. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran an Associated Press story on the announcement as did the Miami Herald.
Mary Ellen Camire, a University of Maine food science and human nutrition professor and also spokesperson for the international Institute of Food Technologists, was interviewed for a Chicago Tribune article on safe preparation and handling of leftovers. She offered tips on storage and reheating of leftover meals.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
An online blueberry bush sale being offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener volunteers was noted in a Village Soup article. Proceeds from the sale will go towards the Master Gardener program, which is celebrating its 30th year in Maine. To place an order or for additional information, go to umaine.edu/gardening/go-
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
