UMaine in the News

DownEast features Q&A with Dagher on the Factory of the Future

DownEast Magazine featured a Q&A with Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), on plans for the Factory of the Future. Scheduled to be complete in 2026, the advanced manufacturing facility will be housed in the new Green Engineering and Materials building, a partnership between the ASCC, the […]

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WBUR 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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Maine Public, Press Herald highlight research from Darling Marine Center

Maine Public and the Portland Press Herald highlighted research from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center on local shellfish harvesting trends along the Damariscotta and Medomak River estuaries led by graduate student Sarah Risley. “As researchers, we can only be out in the field for a couple months out of the year. We talked […]

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WGME interviews Mills on using AI in the classroom

WGME (FOX 23 in Portland) interviewed Tammy Mills, senior lecturer of education in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, on using AI in the classroom. “This is going to be the way going forward in the world in some way, shape or form,” Mills said. “So, to not allow AI in […]

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News Center interviews Vekasi on foreign trade zones

News Center Maine interviewed Kristin Vekasi, director of the International Affairs Program at the University of Maine, on how foreign trade zones could minimize tariffs. “Instead of having an 80-percent price increase, they might be able to keep it to say, 10,” said Vekasi, who is also an associate professor of political science and international […]

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TV 7 interviews Brewer on 2026 elections for state congress, governor

WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Maine, on the 2026 election races for Maine’s second congressional district and governor. “As someone who values elections for giving voters real, meaningful choices, if these races play out the way we think […]

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Allan co-authors op-ed on hazing in South Carolina

Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education at the University of Maine, co-authored an opinion piece in The Post and Courier, a Charleston-based newspaper, titled “New data show SC’s hazing problem is broader than you think.”

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NPR interviews Biddle on school-based mental health services in Maine

Catherine Biddle, associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, spoke with NPR about how school-based mental health services in Maine can benefit students, particularly when their families struggle to access private care. Biddle, who studies rural education, said families in the state frequently encounter long waitlists for private mental health services for […]

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