University of Maine divers Colby Johns, Elisabeth Maxwell and Hattie Train went face-to-fin with enormous whale sharks, rare bowmouth guitarfish, reef sharks, a sawshark, manta rays, wobbegongs and other fish from three oceans at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) scientific divers did so in February in the aquarium’s […]
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Eric Gallandt, a professor of weed ecology and management at the University of Maine, and Sonja Birthisel, a UMaine weed ecology doctoral candidate, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about a ground beetle that eats weed seeds. “The ground beetle seed predators rank up there in my top four ways to manage […]
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In Maine, owners of cars and trucks can buy specialty license plates that publicize — and financially benefit — conservation, military troops, breast cancer support, animal welfare and other causes. If University of Maine economics graduate student Garrett Raymond and the university-based Maine Community Energy Advocates get their wish, Mainers soon could have another option: […]
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The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on University of Maine graduate student Garrett Raymond as part of its “Meet” series. Raymond is pursuing a master’s degree in the School of Economics and is a member of the campus-based group Maine Community Energy Advocates. The group’s goal is to advance community energy projects in […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported on research being conducted by Suzanne Greenlaw, a doctoral candidate in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, in an article about Acadia National Park officials and members of Maine’s four Indian tribes exploring the possibility of allowing basket makers to harvest sweetgrass in salt marshes within the […]
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Graduate students in University of Maine assistant research professor Joshua Stoll’s fisheries policy and management course traveled to Washington D.C. March 30. The students met with U.S. Sen. Angus King’s office, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sustainable Fisheries Division, and the Lenfest Ocean Program. Meeting with state, federal and nongovernmental representatives showed the students […]
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Rachel Buck, who teaches alternative education at Dirigo High School in Dixfield and is pursuing a master’s degree in social work at the University of Maine, wrote and opinion piece for the Sun Journal titled, “Provide all school children with proper nutrition.”
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Each year, Maine’s forest industry harvests 6 million to 7 million cords of wood to build homes and make furniture, paper and other products. Which of the following processes contributes the most to the increase in timber biomass? That’s a question developed for students in biology courses on six University of Maine System campuses. The […]
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Six graduate students competed in a Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on March 23 at the Innovative Media Research Center in Orono. The unique competition, developed by the University of Queensland, requires presenters to explain their research using language the general public would comprehend in three minutes. The competitors were allowed to use a single […]
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Graduate students in the University of Maine’s Food Science and Human Nutrition Program and Dietetic Internship took their expertise to Augusta this winter to help Maine’s legislators make informed decisions regarding nutrition policy. Emily Duran-Frontera, Anna Wright, Elizabeth Kowash and Mackenzie Clapp culminated the communication effort by helping to host the Maine Academy of Nutrition […]
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