Jay Wason, associate professor of forest ecosystem physiology at the University of Maine, was sourced by Maine Public as an expert to speak toward how drought is affecting fall foliage in Maine. “All that means is that the trees have detected that ‘hey, conditions are not great for me any more to maintain these expensive […]
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Mainebiz highlighted the University of Maine’s partnership with a local company out of Thomaston that raises scallops — Seascale, founded by Charles Walsh and Jon Steuber. Seascale’s core innovation, the Maine Scallop Pot, is a modular aquaculture system designed to be used around the established routines of working lobstermen, enabling fishermen to cultivate scallops without […]
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A total of 15 students from the University of Maine were given the opportunity to study abroad in Germany, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Sweden after having been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Gilman- MCain Scholarship during the 2024-25 academic year. The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship […]
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The University of Maine Institute of Medicine and organizing committee partners the Jackson Laboratory, MDI Biological Laboratory, MaineHealth, Northern Light Health, the Roux Institute at Northeastern University and University of New England are hosting the third Statewide Biomedical Science and Engineering Research Symposium on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 24-25 in Hannaford Hall on the University […]
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The News York Times shared a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer that showed warmer-than-usual forecast temperatures across Canada.
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The Bangor Daily News featured contributions from the University of Maine, including its programs, faculty and alumni, toward the state’s aquaculture industry in four stories included in the Aquaculture 2025 special section. One story looked back at the history of the industry in Maine; another, courtesy of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, focused on an […]
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Walt Golet, assistant professor of marine science at the University of Maine, and Kyle Oliveiri, a Ph.D student in marine biology at UMaine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, joined Matt Davis with the Maine Department of Marine Resources to talk sharks with Maine Public, the Portland Press Herald and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in […]
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The first Mainer to join the American Nurses Association (ANA) Board of Directors is Amanda Savage (‘03G), assistant professor of nursing at the University of Maine and president of ANA-Maine. Savage will have the opportunity to speak toward the unique challenges and strengths of Maine’s rural and community-based healthcare system as the board shapes national […]
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Bloomberg cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer for a story on climate change and hurricane season.
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Oceanographic Magazine and The Cool Down reported on new research from the University of Maine Pelagic Fisheries Lab that illustrated a shift in the tuna’s diet — away from Atlantic herring and toward menhaden — and described the role of foraging in the tuna’s lifecycle. The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared the release from UMaine News.
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