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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The Working Waterfront newspaper has a profile of the Maine company Sea & Reef Aquaculture, a tropical fish-breeding business which was founded by Soren Hansen and Chad Callan when they were were UMaine graduate students.The article recounts how Hansen started a project to raise clownfish while he was working on a master’s degree and had […]
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A Portland Press Herald article that recently discussed several new invasive insect species that threaten the state included comments from University of Maine insect ecologist and Cooperative Extension entomology specialist Frank Drummond. Drummond described characteristics of a new-to-Maine spotted-wing drosophila, an Asian fruit fly that damages unripe and ripening fruit, including blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and […]
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Ryan Tewhey, ’05, recently was included in the “30 Under 30: Science” feature in Forbes magazine. The “30 Under 30” series highlights young professionals who are distinguishing themselves in their chosen fields. Tewhey graduated from UMaine in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology, with an additional major in biochemistry. He is […]
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The website Physorg carried a news release about a pilot program coordinated by the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant and UMaine Cooperative Extension to start a demonstration hatchery where a species of seaweed would be grown along with mussels. The project is an example of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA), which is believed to reduce the environmental […]
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A Bangor Daily News business column about the economic impact of winter activities in Maine including a mention of UMaine economist Stephen Reiling’s studies into the impact of the snowmobiling industry. The column cited Reiling’s finding that snowmobiling in 1996 accounted for more than $150 million in direct expenditures and more than $225 million in […]
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UMaine aquatic physicist Emmanuel Boss was quoted in a story on the website Miller-McCune about the use of robotic devices that are helping a researcher in California keep track of how tiny organisms and object travel in sub-surface ocean currents. Boss said if the devices work at a reasonable price, they could revolutionize oceanography. Contact: […]
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UMaine social work student Casey Faulkingham of Houlton spent the spring semester of her junior year working at a group home for adolescents and teens in Antwerp, Belgium. The following semester, Antwerp native Aiko Van Landeghem, a student of “social education care work” at a campus-free college in the city, arrived at UMaine for a field […]
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