Joseph Kelley, a professor of marine geology in the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, spoke with The Free Press about his concerns over the proposal to dump almost a million cubic yards of marine dredge spoils from Searsport Harbor into deep holes on the seafloor near Islesboro. […]
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Marine science research and the Darling Marine Center’s 50th anniversary were the focus of a recent episode of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Guests were University of Maine marine scientist Bob Steneck; Heather Leslie, the center’s new director; and Chris Davis, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center. The guests […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), the Sun Journal and the Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine is assisting with a search for a teenage woman who went missing in 1986. The new search for Kimberly Moreau is a coordinated effort with state police, the Maine Warden Service, and local and county police, according to […]
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A book written by Sandra Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “People are probably having more sex now — especially men.” The article mentioned research from Caron’s book, “The Sex Lives of College Students: Two Decades of Attitudes and Behaviors,” which […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News report about state officials announcing they are preparing for a possible avian flu outbreak and taking steps to alert the public about how to help prevent or minimize its effect on domestic poultry. The state veterinarian and UMaine Extension veterinarians are closely […]
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In an article on a Greene family’s struggle and loss associated with drug addiction, the Sun Journal cited statistics compiled by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine and the Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Research professor Marcella Sorg conducted the analysis that determined 57 people died from heroin […]
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Advice from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in the Farm and Dairy article, “August’s gardening to-do list.” Saving seeds from a garden helps save money on new seeds in the spring, according to the article. In the bulletin, “An introduction to seed saving for the home gardener,” UMaine Extension offers information such […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported Princeton Review named the University of Maine among the 380 best colleges nationwide for 2016 in its annual guide. For the second consecutive year, UMaine is the only public university in Maine to be profiled in the publication. This spring, UMaine also was named one of the Top 50 Green Colleges […]
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Research by Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Rolling Stone article about how the worst predicted effects of climate change are starting to happen, and much faster than scientists thought. Gill, who researches extinction, is studying how to save species that are […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced an audio-visual art installation at the University of Maine to commemorate the anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. UMaine new media artists N.B. Aldrich and John Carney worked with Maine poet and musician Duane Ingalls and Japanese sound artist Adachi Tomomi on the project that was led […]
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