Archive for the ‘Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture’ Category
Friday, February 10th, 2012
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
Posted in Education and Human Development, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, UMaine in the News |
Friday, February 10th, 2012
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
Posted in Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, UMaine in the News |
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
University of Maine School of Economics professor Gary Hunt explained some of the factors affecting rising gasoline prices in Maine, which are higher than the national average, in a Monday interview with Channel 2 (WLBZ). Hunt, also a cooperating faculty member with the university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, suggests that reducing demand for combustible fuels will be more effective than trying to solve the problems by increasing supplies. Increasing use of electric vehicles and biofuels development will help, he said.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Posted in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, UMaine in the News |
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Maine Animal Club students at the University of Maine are hosting this year’s annual Northeast Student Affiliate of the American Dairy Science Association and American Society of Animal Science competition Feb 18. More than college 200 students from 10 Northeast schools will compete in livestock judging, an agricultural quiz bowl and a paper presentation contest. The event is hosted each year by a different institution. The public is welcome; there is no cost. Livestock judging will be at the UMaine J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center from 8-10 a.m. The quiz bowl will be at Neville Hall, starting around 10:30. The paper presentation contest will be at the DP Corbett Business Building starting about 10:30. The events conclude about 4 p.m.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Posted in Events and News Releases, Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, Story Ideas |
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
University of Maine Cooperative Extension water quality and soil specialist John Jemison was interviewed for a Wednesday evening Channel 7 (WVII) news report on a recent study on how farmers view the future of farming in Maine. The report says farmers are optimistic about small and mid-sized farms in spite of challenges. The interview begins 8 minutes, 38 seconds into the broadcast.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Posted in Cooperative Extension, Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, UMaine in the News |
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
OLD TOWN – There is Planet Earth, which, for the sake of the discussion taking place in Ed Lindsey’s 9th-grade science class at Old Town High School, is a spherical object made of rock, watery on its surface and wrapped in a layer of air. And there is the mysterious Planet Z, identical to Earth in every way, but without air or water. The two planets revolve around an identical star at the same distance and speed. (more…)
Posted in Education and Human Development, Engineering, Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, Story Ideas |
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
UMaine economist Jim McConnon was interviewed by Bangor TV station WLBZ for a report on rising gas prices in Maine. McConnon said there are a number of different reasons for prices being so steep, including high oil prices and instability in the Middle East. Average gas prices in Maine right now are second highest in New England, McConnon added.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Posted in Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, UMaine in the News |
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Sandra Butler, a UMaine social work professor, was noted in a Bangor Daily News op-ed about childless adults on MaineCare for her research into the population served by the MaineCare Childless Adults Waiver program. Butler did the research, which included interviewing a small subset of people who receive MaineCare through the program, for a report sponsored by Maine Equal Justice Partners.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Posted in Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, Opinion |
