The Bangor Daily News featured a new University of Maine-led study that shows that parents raising children with serious mental illness and violent tendencies experience and express grief similar to those of children who have died, which informs how practitioners can help these caregivers cope with the stress. “Our research highlights the pervasive strains and […]
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MaineBiz reported that the Innovate for Maine Fellows Program at the Foster Center for Innovation at the University of Maine is looking to double the cohort size this year to around 50 fellows. “This is made possible by additional funding from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to address the challenges startups and small businesses […]
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In an article about offshore and onshore wind projects moving forward in Maine, Engineering News Record interviewed Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, about the U.S. Interior Department approving a 9,700-acre floating turbine research site in a deepwater federal tract in the Gulf of Maine last month. Dagher said […]
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The Lincoln County News reported that Heather Leslie, professor of marine science and director of the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, has been named a 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, one of the highest honors in the scientific community.
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The Saturday Evening Post spoke to John Daigle, professor of forest recreation management at the University of Maine, about the impact of the invasive emerald ash borer on Wabanaki basket making. Daigle conducts research into emerald ash borers, combining academic methods with indigenous expertise. “It’s such a strong part of people’s identity. The style of […]
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The Associated Press interviewed Rick Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute and professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, about the impact of the rules about the minimum and maximum sizes of lobsters potentially becoming stricter. Wahle said that changing the U.S. measurement standards gives lobsters more opportunity to reproduce, though the change […]
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The Maine Monitor interviewed Janet Fairman, co-director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) and associate professor in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, about Maine’s teacher shortage. The Bangor Daily News and News Center Maine shared the Maine Monitor report.
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Rick Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute and professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, spoke to Maine Public about the continued challenges facing lobstermen even after the Maine lobster fishery secured a six-year pause in a federal spending bill late last year that will buy the industry more time to research and […]
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Jessica Miller, professor of philosophy at the University of Maine, was a guest on Maine Public‘s live call-in radio program Maine Calling on Feb. 6 to discuss ethical issues around Gov. Janet Mills’ and legislative leaders’ recent proposal to expand access to abortion in Maine.
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Habib Dagher, founding director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, spoke to the Weather Channel about the potential to use sawdust and wood waste as a more sustainable alternative to traditional building materials. “This house becomes like a carbon storage facility because the wood fiber or waste is essentially locked into the house,” says […]
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