Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Nic Blouin, a doctoral student in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences, is pursuing a ground-breaking research project focused on the reproductive biology of the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis — also known as nori to the sea vegetable gourmand. Working with UMaine marine science professor Susan Brawley, Blouin […]
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Contact: Ben Slayton (207) 228-1638; David Munson (207) 581-3777 PORTLAND, Maine — In a paper published in a recent issue of the journal Science, Andrew Pershing, of the UMaine School of Marine Sciences and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and Charles Greene, of Cornell University’s Ocean Resources and Ecosystems Program, state that significant changes […]
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Contact: Dan Sandweiss (207) 581-1889; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Ancient food remains discovered in Peru by UMaine anthropologist Dan Sandweiss are helping not only to push back the frontiers of agriculture in the Americas, but to further our understanding of how humans ate as much as 8000 years ago. Cutting edge microfossil […]
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Contact: Natalie Springuel (207) 288-2944 x298; Kristen Whiting-Grant (207) 646-1555 x115 ORONO, Me.– Maine’s coastal communities recently have acquired two legal tools to protect public access for traditional marine resource uses, or working waterfronts. While current use taxation and the working waterfront land bond are significantsteps forward, they are only a fraction of the legal […]
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Contact: Jill Coffren, 207-645-3248 ORONO, ME. — Maine 4-H International Exchange, a program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is offering Maine families the chance to host a Japanese student for a month this summer, between July 27 and August 22. This program is open to families with same-gender children close in age to the […]
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Contact: Natalie Springuel, 207-288-2944 x298; Kristen Whiting-Grant, 207-646-1555, x115 ORONO, Me.– Maine’s coastal communities recently have acquired two legal tools to protect public access for traditional marine resource uses, or working waterfronts. While current use taxation and the working waterfront land bond are significantsteps forward, they are only a fraction of the legal or policy […]
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Contact: Michael Hermann, 581-4228; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine Canadian-American Center cartographers have won a top award in the nation’s premier map design competition for their recently published Ice Age trail map of Maine’s Downeast area. The American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM) gave its Best of Category award in the contest’s Recreational/Travel […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Sen. Susan Collins, U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud and Maj. Gen. William Libby, Maine’s adjutant general, are scheduled to be at the University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center on Thursday, Feb. 22, for a demonstration of a new product designed to protect U.S. soldiers in […]
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Contact: Frank S. Wertheim, 207-324-2814 AUBURN, Me.–University of Maine Cooperative Extension has scheduled the 14th annual Maine Garden Day on Saturday, April 14 at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. The event will feature more than 30 dynamic workshops from renowned horticulturists. In addition, there will be educational displays and a gardening trade show. Check-in […]
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Contact: Kathleen March, 581-2088 Kathleen March, professor of Spanish, has been named a Senior Fulbright Specialist, a designation that places her on a list of specialists selected to receive financial assistance for special teaching projects, typically in a foreign country. The award requires a rigorous application and selection process. Though the five-year designation period does […]
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