The research farm recently underwent a $3 million renovation funded by the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan so that the land-grant university could accelerate its development of new potato varieties, like the successful Caribou Russet, and the growth of Maine’s agricultural economy and workforce Gov. Janet Mills and leaders of the University of Maine and […]
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Daniel Sandweiss, professor of anthropology and climate studies at the University of Maine, was featured in the summer 2025 edition of American Archaeology. Sandweiss, who is also a past president of the Society for American Archaeology, talked about how extreme weather events make it hard for archeologists to set priorities about what to save and […]
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A feature story in Progressive Dairy highlighted the technological advances at the University of Maine’s Witter Farm, a part of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station (MAFES). Investments were made toward a new robotic milking barn that is not only helping with cow comfort, but also broadening the scope of experiential learning students are […]
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The Portland Press Herald highlighted a partnership between the University of Maine, The Jackson Laboratory and Northern Light Health to research whether a simple eye exam could help detect Alzheimer’s disease, other types of dementia or similar diseases in patients before symptoms begin to appear. The collaborative team is beginning the next stage of research, […]
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A scallop farm based in Belfast, Maine and co-owned by University of Maine alumnus Struan Coleman (’21G) was featured in the PBS documentary “Hope in the Water.” Coleman received his master’s in marine policy from UMaine in 2021, during which time he studied the economic feasibility of scallop farming in Maine and was introduced to […]
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A new paper from two University of Maine researchers explores the challenges and opportunities for scholars and practitioners when it comes to using AI to study and develop interventions for relationship and family therapy. “Challenges and opportunities in using interpretable AI to develop relationship interventions” was published in Family Relations, the academic research journal of […]
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WABI (Channel 5) boosted a request from University of Maine researchers to anglers, asking them to donate their legal striped bass remains after filleting. Researchers, led by UMaine graduate student Abrielle Remick, are using bass remains to analyze and understand the fish’s feeding habits. Remick said findings may help researchers and wildlife management make more […]
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In a compilation of quotes from expert sources for a story on land conservation and wildlife, Newsweek included commentary from Noah Charney, assistant professor of conservation biology at the University of Maine. “When companies come in and fence off land, drive heavy machinery, build roads and divert water, these cause major changes to the local […]
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BBC interviewed Brian McGill, professor of ecological modeling at the University of Maine, on the Biosphere 2 experiment. Conducted in the 1990s, a small team tried to survive in a hermetically sealed space containing replicas of Earth’s ecosystems. McGill suggested the biosphere’s pollinators may have died off because the glass enclosure blocked ultraviolet light, which […]
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The New York Times cited two data visualizations from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer to show how a heat wave passed through Europe.
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