A story from U.S. News and World Report highlighted programs at the University of Maine that feed into the blue economy. Those include the bachelor’s degree in marine science with options to specialize in aquaculture, marine biology or physical science, MaineMBA that offers a blue economy concentration. U.S. News interviewed Jason Harkins, executive dean of […]
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The Associated Press interviewed Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine, on how the increasing usage of AI is impacting the environment and highlighted his new app on the environmental footprint of different digital tasks. Ippolito said tech companies are constantly working to make chips and data centers more efficient, but […]
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Homes & Gardens Magazine interviewed Rebecca Long, coordinator of horticulture programs at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, on how to eradicate horsetail from invading plants. One way people have tried to get rid of horsetail is by raising the pH of soil by adding lime. “If you raised the pH high enough to be totally […]
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News Center Maine, Spectrum News Maine, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) covered the arrival of 1,500 incoming first year students as they moved onto the University of Maine campus during Maine Hello on Friday, Aug. 29.
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Jay Wason, associate professor of forest ecosystem physiology at the University of Maine, was sourced by the Bangor Daily News and Maine Public as an expert to speak toward how drought is affecting fall foliage in Maine. “All that means is that the trees have detected that ‘hey, conditions are not great for me any […]
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Mainebiz highlighted the University of Maine’s partnership with a local company out of Thomaston that raises scallops — Seascale, founded by Charles Walsh and Jon Steuber. Seascale’s core innovation, the Maine Scallop Pot, is a modular aquaculture system designed to be used around the established routines of working lobstermen, enabling fishermen to cultivate scallops without […]
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CNN interviewed Sarah Howorth, associate professor of special education, about how AI can offer both benefits and drawbacks to learning in the classroom. “AI is a little bit like fire. When cavemen first discovered fire, a lot of people said, ‘Ooh, look what it can do,’” Howorth said. “And other people are like, ‘Ah, it […]
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Tony Sutton, assistant professor of Native American studies and food systems at the University of Maine, and Darren Ranco, chair of Native American Programs and professor of anthropology, were featured in Down East magazine. Ranco and Sutton, who is also affiliated with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke toward the power of land trusts and […]
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The News York Times shared a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer that showed warmer-than-usual forecast temperatures across Canada.
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The Bangor Daily News featured contributions from the University of Maine, including its programs, faculty and alumni, toward the state’s aquaculture industry in four stories included in the Aquaculture 2025 special section. One story looked back at the history of the industry in Maine; another, courtesy of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, focused on an […]
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