A Bangor Daily News article about an increase in education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) included a note that the Bangor school district, which is seeking to establish a STEM academy, is working with UMaine on several fronts, including the formation of a program that will allow students to enter […]
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The monthly newspaper Working Waterfront included on its website a mention of research conducted by UMaine’s Mary Jane Perry into spring phytoplankton blooms. The blooms are an indication of carbon sequestration in the deep sea, a key process that researchers around the world are incorporating into global climate models. The article was co-written by Catherine […]
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A Lewiston Sun Journal article about the prevalence of fungi and insects that are damaging Maine’s beech trees included research from Bill Livingston of UMaine’s School of Forest Resources. Livingston found warmer winter temperatures from 1999 to 2002 allowed populations of an invasive, bark-feeding scale insect to explode, resulting in beech trunks turning white with […]
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A UMaine news release about a new Center on Aging study that found aging Mainers’ legal needs continue to rise at a time when low-cost or free legal aid is scarce was carried by the website Insurance News. Study authors Len Kaye, the Center on Aging director and a UMaine social work professor, and Jennifer […]
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Bob Bayer, the director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, was quoted in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report about the growing market in Asia for lobster, and a business that plans to ship a million pounds of live Maine lobster per year to Asian markets. Bayer said although Maine lobsters taste differently than lobsters most […]
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Two papers written by University of Maine graduate students received first-place awards at the recent International Annual Meetings of the Soil Science Society of America in San Antonio, Texas.
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The University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research has announced recipients of faculty research awards by the Maine Economic Improvement Fund to support the use of high-end instrumentation.
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging has a column, “Making the Most of Holidays,” in the December 2011 issue of Maine Seniors magazine, offering tips and advice to help elders avoid stress and depression during the holidays. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Several media outlets ran the announcement that a group of 19 scientists, including UMaine’s Jasmine Saros, contributed to a study that found a rise in nitrogen levels in remote lakes was likely due to human activity. The Vancouver Sun had a story about the announcement, which came from the University of Washington and was published […]
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University of Maine ecologist Jasmine Saros provided research for a groundbreaking finding about the long-term effects of pollution published in the Dec. 16 issue of the journal Science.
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