News Center Maine, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and Food Service Director reported that the University of Maine Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions launched its Maine School Cafeteria Food Waste Study pilot this week at four elementary schools in Orono, Buxton, Lisbon and Sebago. The University of Maine School Cafeteria Food Waste Study will address these […]
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The Global Gazette, an online publication for the study abroad program World Learning, featured its partnership with the University of Maine and interviewed Orlina Boteva, director of the Office of International Programs at University of Maine. UMaine is currently hosting three students through World Learning’s Global Undergraduate Exchange, or UGRAD. “I have very fond memories […]
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Seth Campbell, associate professor at the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, was quoted by Science and E&E News about unfair practices in the polar Physical Qualification, or PQ, process. The comprehensive medical screening is required for scientists and support staff whose deployment to the Antarctic and Arctic […]
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In an article about lobsters using their feet to taste food, Grunge cited information from the University of Maine Lobster Institute explaining that lobsters eat tough seafood like crabs and mussels by using their claws to rip their prey into pieces and break through tough shells and use its limbs to bring the morsel into […]
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The Portland Press Herald wrote a feature article about hybrid virtual and in-person classes at the University of Maine. The PPH reported that the “increase in online learning has both fans and critics.” “Many of our faculty who taught classes online for the first time during COVID became accustomed to it, enjoyed it and built […]
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The Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans to host a free talk, USGS Water Science Centers: Serving Our Communities with Science, at 3 p.m. March 6. Speaker John Bumgarner is the director of the U.S. Geological Survey’s New England Water […]
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In an article about the method of scratching seeds to help them germinate, the Piscataquis Observer quoted Kate Garland, horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. “There are certain seeds that have specific requirements to break dormancy. Sometimes seed dormancy can be really complicated depending on the species,” Garland said.
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On the Water boosted a survey from the Pelagic Fisheries Lab at the University of Maine and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute evaluating post-release mortality on commercial-size Atlantic bluefin tuna. Survey data will be used to inform the tagging portion of the study in hopes of capturing a representative set of the rod and […]
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The American Council on Education featured a story on how the University of Maine partners with the Maine Department of Labor’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) to provide a five-week learning experience called Step Up, to help prepare high school students and recent graduates on the autism spectrum to successfully transition to college.
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WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) interviewed William Gramlich, associate professor in the University of Maine Department of Chemistry, about the potential impact of the derailment and explosion of a train carrying toxic chemicals in Eastern Ohio on snow in Maine. Gramlich said Mainers should be able to interact with incoming snow without fear that it’s […]
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