Forbes highlights AI usage resource for UMaine graduate students
Forbes highlighted a resource from the University of Maine created to help graduate students learn how to use AI effectively and ethically.
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Boise State Public Radio interviews Ph.D. candidate on Indigenous land reclamation
Boise State Public Radio interviewed University of Maine Ph.D. candidate Jason Brough on Indigenous nation’s reclamation and rejuvenation of their land amid changing climate. “The key point to understand is that Indigenous peoples are not the cause of our current climate crisis,” Brough said. “We’re trying our best to do our part for this, but […]
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Calling all anglers! Help reel in data for UMaine striped bass research
At the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, student researchers have launched a new project this summer to investigate the feeding habits of striped bass along the coast of Maine. The project is led by Abby Remick, a first-year graduate student in the lab of Michelle Staudinger, associate professor of marine sciences. Student researchers will […]
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New methods complement old in revealing diet of larval lobsters
Editor’s note: This story was updated on July 1. Researchers from the University of Maine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have demonstrated a new approach to understanding the diet of newly hatched American lobsters, opening doors for better understanding the role they play in the Gulf of Maine’s ecosystem. Scientists know little about what […]
Read moreNews Center interviews Cameron on Bangor combating emerald ash borer
Sophia Cameron, a city of Bangor intern who recently earned her master’s degree from the University of Maine, spoke with News Center Maine, about efforts to protect the city’s ash trees from emerald ash borer. “If we were to do nothing, all of those trees would likely die over the next 10 years,” she said. […]
Read morePEOPLE magazine features 73-year-old UMaine master’s recipient
PEOPLE magazine featured Jules Hathaway of Veazie, Maine, who is 73 years old and recently graduated with a master’s degree in student development in higher education from the University of Maine.
Read moreBDN, PenBay Pilot report on $250K donation for UMaine graduate students
The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot reported on the $250,000 in philanthropic funding from an anonymous donor to support graduate students whose degree progress has been jeopardized by the loss of federal research funding. Approximately 20 students will receive awards of up to $10,000 each, with priority given to doctoral students nearing degree […]
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$250,000 in new philanthropic funding announced to support UMaine graduate students affected by reductions of federal research grants
The University of Maine has announced the availability of $250,000 in new philanthropic funding to support graduate students whose progress toward completing their degree has been jeopardized by the loss of federal research funding. The support, made possible through an anonymous gift to the University of Maine Foundation, augments the existing Graduate Centennial Impact Fund, […]
Read morePh.D. student awarded fellowship to conduct research in Acadia
One of this year’s Acadia Science Fellows is a doctoral student in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, Colby Bosley-Smith. The fellowship program is an initiative of the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park supported by the David Evans Shaw Family Foundation, Sibley-Saltonstall Charitable Foundation and individual donors. Fellows inform management and protection […]
Read moreWBUR highlights study on the threat of turf algae
WBUR in Boston highlighted a study from Bigelow Laboratory and University of Maine researchers on how turf algae releases potent compounds that kill young kelp, which grow into valuable food and habitat for lobster, fish and other species. UMaine graduate student Shane Farrell was the lead author on the study.
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