Year: 2010

Working Waterfront Story on Fish Tracking Technology

Working Waterfront features a story about tracking methods employed by scientists use to track the migration of sea-run fish species.  The story is based, in part, on research by UMaine professors Michael Kinnison and Gayle Zydlewski, and it includes comments from Zydlewski.  Catherine Schmitt of the Maine Sea Grant program at UMaine co-authored the story.

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Climate Change Institute Scientists Help Discover Nanodiamonds in Greenland Ice

Contact: Paul Mayewski, (207) 581-3019 or paul.mayewski@maine.edu University of Maine volcanologist Andrei Kurbatov and glaciologist Paul Mayewski, along with 21 other scientists, coauthored a scientific paper released late last month that details the discovery of a layer of nanodiamonds in the Greenland ice sheet, which has added to a controversy in the scientific community about […]

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2010 INBRE Fellowships Awarded & Applications Still Being Reviewed

Contact: Charlie Slavin, Dean of the Honors College, 207.581.3262, slavin@honors.umaine.edu Keith Hutchison, Professor of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, 207.581.2827, keithh@maine.edu ORONO — The University of Maine Honors College and the Maine IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) have announced five recipients of Honors Thesis Fellowships of $2,575, and one Junior Year Research Award of $1,030. The […]

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New Mineral Named for Late Professor Charles Guidotti

Contact: Ed Grew, (207) 581-2169 ORONO — Charles V. Guidotti, professor in the UMaine Department of Earth Sciences from 1981 to his death in 2005, has been honored by having a new mineral, guidottiite, named after him. The name was approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names of the International Mineralogical Association, […]

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Diamond Named to Arkansas post

John Diamond, executive director of external affairs, has been named associate vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Arkansas.  Diamond is a Bangor native and UMaine graduate who previously served as UMaine’s director of public affairs.  He is also a former UMaine faculty member, currently completing a UMaine Ph.D. in communication and public […]

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