NOAA Fisheries reported on new Atlantic salmon smolts research led by Dan Stich, a NOAA Fisheries biologist who conducted the study as a Ph.D. student at the University of Maine. The study, which recently appeared in the journal Marine and Coastal Fisheries, showed that even if young smolts survive the initial hazard of passing through […]
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A 2003 University of Maine study led by psychology professor Douglas Nangle was cited in a Psychology Today blog post titled “What I’ve learned about friendships in my 20s (so far).” The researchers found support that emphasizes the importance of having mutual friendships that extend beyond one best friend, according to the article. They found […]
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The Concord Monitor published an article on University of Maine student Austyn Shea’s summer construction job. Shea of Concord just completed his freshman year at UMaine where he is studying construction management. Shea, who said he wanted to use his summer to gain valuable real-world experience in the construction industry, secured a summer internship with […]
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Acadia Harvest Inc., a startup business housed at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin, was included in the Huffington Post blog article, “As Maine’s waters warm, a seafood investor fosters climate resiliency.” Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit community development lender based in Wiscasset, has provided capital for a […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was interviewed for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network report, “Maine could become lightning rod in 2016 presidential race.” As the number of candidates seeking the GOP nomination for president grows, Maine could draw some of national political spotlight, depending on how Republicans in the […]
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John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Portland Press Herald on the University of Maine System’s finances.
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Maine Insights carried a University of Maine news release about Darling Marine Center researchers being part of a team that discovered chloride — the most common dissolved substance in seawater — can leave the ocean by sticking to organic particles that settle out of surface water and become buried in marine sediment. The discovery helps […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, a University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition and Institute of Food Technologists president, was interviewed for the BuzzFeed News article, “What is an artificial ingredient, anyway?” Some of America’s biggest fast-food chains have recently announced their menus are going natural, and giant food manufacturers including General Mills and […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was a recent guest on the national weekly radio show TideSmart Talk with Stevoe. Mayewski spoke about leading the CCI, current research and how climate change will affect Maine.
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Research conducted at the University of Maine was cited in the Inquisitr article, “Plastic bags threaten human health, according to a recent study.” Researchers at UMaine and Haereticus Environmental Laboratory found that a chemical in plastic bags made to U.S. FDA food-grade specifications had high levels of a toxic chemical called nonylphenol (NP), according to […]
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