A new lab to study how the latest artificial intelligence tools and techniques could bolster advanced manufacturing in northern New England will be launched with a $6 million award from the National Science Foundation to the University of Maine. UMaine will collaborate with the University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, Southern Maine Community College, […]
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The University of Maine has joined a consortium of seven universities in the region to form the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC). The project received a $10 million five-year award starting in July from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), $694,363 of which was awarded to the University of […]
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Nanocellulose may help increase the yield from wild blueberry plants when used with liquid fertilizer applied to leaves, according to a new University of Maine study. Nanocellulose, a natural polymer derived from trees and plants that has many desirable properties, is used in research and development for a myriad of applications, such as packaging materials, […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Centralmaine.com featured a presentation about the threats the emerald ash borer poses to brown ash trees from John Daigle, a University of Maine professor of forest recreation management and citizen member of the Penobscot Nation, and his Ph.D. students.
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Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, spoke to Maine Public about research that shows Maine’s browntail moth outbreaks may be fueled by climate change. About six years ago, browntail moths began to spread across Maine. Mech said this may be due to a changing climate, and its effects on […]
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Ivan Fernandez, professor at the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources and a member of the Maine Climate Council, spoke to Energy News Network for an article about a law encouraging the development of wood-fired combined heat and power plants in Maine, which is drawing praise for its potential to benefit the economy and […]
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Craig Shuler, a former faculty member with the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, passed away on April 26. Shuler worked at UMaine from 1969–79 and served in the Maine Air National Guard. An obituary is online.
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The University of Maine’s liaison to the forest products industry testified before Congress on Wednesday about university-led programs and partnerships to develop the workforce and innovations necessary to maintain Maine’s leading role in the global forest economy and support rural jobs and opportunity. Shane O’Neill, the forestry industry business development manager at UMaine, was a […]
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Smithsonian interviewed Kate Ruskin, a University of Maine researcher and member of the Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program, about the efforts to save the saltmarsh sparrow, whose habitats are rapidly shrinking along the East Coast. Ruskin spoke about the saltmarsh sparrow’s tendency to breed with multiple partners. “There’s this whole ‘free love’ thing happening […]
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In an article about how the wood producing industry has adjusted to the pandemic, KMGH (Channel 7 in Denver, CO), WTVR (Channel 6 in Richmond, VA), KSBY (Channel 6 in San Luis Obispo, CA), WKBW (Channel 7 in Buffalo, NY) and other national media outlets cited a University of Maine study showing that logging industry […]
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