The Castine Patriot reported on a talk delivered by Noah Charney, assistant professor of conservation biology, about his book, “These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes,” on Nov. 9. The Penobscot Bay Press shared the article.
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Morning Ag Clips highlighted the University of Maine School of Forest Resources receiving the Austin H. Wilkins Forest Stewardship Award. The award, which recognizes the impact of the school’s teaching and research on Maine’s working forests, was given by the Maine TREE Foundation in partnership with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry.
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Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, a professor of clinical nutrition at UMaine’s School of Food and Agriculture, spoke with The New York Times about her research on the benefits of eating berries. Certain compounds in fruits like wild blueberries offer anti-inflammatory benefits and may help reduce cancer’s ability to develop, grow and multiply. Klimis-Zacas recommends eating one-half to […]
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Renae Moran, professor of pomology with the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture and fruit tree specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Sun Journal about apple yield in Maine, which was down about 50% from historical averages this year. “Apple growers are always optimistic,” she said. “They’ve got their […]
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The Bangor Daily News and CentralMaine.com shared that University of Maine researchers are using environmental DNA (eDNA) to study the recovery of river herring in the Penobscot River. eDNA is the genetic material shed by all organisms in the environment, which can be collected and sequenced. With it, UMaine researchers and their colleagues are investigating […]
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The Windham Eagle interviewed Amber Roth, University of Maine associate professor of forest wildlife management, about humans cohabitating with various animals, including bears and opossums. “There is not much to worry about with an opossum,” she said.
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The University of Maine Lobster Institute’s “Questions from Kids About Lobsters & Lobstering” was shared by Q106.5.
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The University of Maine has once again been ranked among the best higher education institutions nationwide in multiple annual college guides. In the U.S. News and World Report 2024 Best Colleges, UMaine was featured in a list of top National Universities — those producing groundbreaking research and offering a full range of undergraduate, master’s and […]
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The second Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering has been rescheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, March 27 and 28, in the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine. Originally scheduled for Oct. 25-27, the symposium was cut short Oct. 26 in response to the mass shooting in Lewiston. On the event’s first […]
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University of Maine researchers are seeking to gain more insight into river herring recovery in the Penobscot River using a novel surveying tool: environmental DNA (eDNA). eDNA is the genetic material shed by all organisms in the environment, which can be collected and sequenced. By testing its viability as a survey tool, UMaine researchers and […]
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