In an article about the rise of biobased materials, Yale Environment 360 noted that the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) manufactured 3D-printed house made from a mix of forest byproducts from the state’s numerous sawmills: sawdust, wood flour and a bio-resin whose ingredients have not yet been disclosed. “This material is […]
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Amy Blackstone, professor of sociology at the University of Maine, spoke to WGME-TV (Channel 13 in Portland) about the choice some Maine couples are making to be child-free by choice. Blackstone published a book in 2019 called “Child Free by Choice,” sharing some of her story, her research, myths and history about not having children. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine School of Computing and Information Sciences will launch a new bachelor of science in Human-Centered Technology Design program in the fall 2023 semester, after the degree program was approved at the Jan. 30 meeting of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. Human-Centered Technology […]
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Phys.org featured a new paper from the University of Maine that illustrates how scientists can successfully use “embodiment,” or the nuanced practices and everyday interactions that shape collaboration, to improve their research. “Going forward, researchers can make commitments to embodied practices such as collaborative research design, paying attention to and attending to: partners’ needs, active […]
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The Piscataquis Observer noted that University of Maine junior Steffi Victoria has been awarded a spring internship in Sen. Susan Collins’ Washington, D.C. office. Victoria first met Collins during the UMaine Cohen Institute Summer Program’s Washington, D.C., trip last year, and she completed an internship in Collins’ Bangor office last fall. Victoria is majoring in […]
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Jason Lilley, assistant Extension professor and Maine sustainable agriculture and maple industry educator, was interviewed by Maine Public about the early maple tree tapping season caused by the warm winter weather. “All of these changing weather patterns and weather extremes are having impacts on the tree health. And we as a research community are trying […]
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WMTW-TV (Channel 8 in Portland) and the Bangor Daily News reported on University of Maine research about tropical glaciers in Uganda. “One of the big reasons why the tropics are important is because what happens in the tropics doesn’t stay in the tropics. It influences the rest of the globe. A lot of our atmospheric […]
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An op-ed for the Portland Press Herald highlighted the University of Maine Lobster Institute’s U.S.-Canada Lobster Town Meeting, which it has held for the past 18 years, and the discussions there about the future of the industry’s approach to the North Atlantic right whale. CentralMaine.com shared the PPH commentary.
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The Public News Service reported that researchers at the University of Maine are studying the feeding habits of Arctic charr to help predict how other fish species could adapt to a warming climate. Michael Kinnison, director of the Maine Center for Genetics and the Environment at the University of Maine, said the research will inform […]
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News Center Maine and the Penobscot Bay Pilot shared that the University of Maine Native American Programs, in partnership with the Penobscot Nation, has launched a website to accompany bilingual English and Penobscot signage on campus. The new website includes audio recordings of the Penobscot language translations by language master Gabe Paul, a Penobscot pronunciation […]
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