In an article about drug- and alcohol-related deaths bringing down life expectancy nationwide, the Portland Press Herald cited research from the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center that showed 632 Mainers died of drug overdoses in 2021.
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Brian McGill, professor of biological science at the University of Maine, spoke to Science News Explores about the declining populations of different animal species. “Looking at changes in population size can show us species that are trending toward extinction. The species in this study haven’t gone extinct — at least, not yet. So “there is […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared information about two facilitation trainings through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program. Building Your Virtual Facilitations Skills, an online program, will be held on Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8 and 15 from 1–3 p.m. ET. The cost is $225 per person. Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills, an […]
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In an article about the polar vortex, the Dallas Morning News cited information from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing that the world as a whole is about the same temperature as the average was from 1979–2000 for this time of year.
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Zipe Education featured University of Maine sophomore Kaia De Vries, who was recently awarded the $3,000 Edmund Landau Award from the American Mathematical Society to support her studies. “I always liked the problem-solving aspect of math, and getting into the more complex, higher-level stuff. It’s interesting to learn about the bigger problems you can solve […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jim Dill, pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about winter cutworms. Dill said that the cutworms were especially active in the days leading up to the storm last week because the weather had been so unseasonably mild. “Think of it, we had green grass until very recently. […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal, Daily Bulldog, Penobscot Bay Pilot, Republican Journal and Zipe Education shared information about an online SAT prep course and SAT Boot Camp offered through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in multiple sessions in 2023. More information about upcoming UMaine professional development programs, registration and need-based scholarship applications are […]
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In an article about Sappi North America, Inc., receiving a $1 million grant from the Maine Technology Institute’s Forestry Recovery Initiative to improve productivity and reduce energy in its Somerset Mill, Business Wire noted that Sappi partners with the University of Maine for pulping and forestry research, as well as product prototyping, and UMaine will […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine and WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) wrote a feature about Jude Killy, the new University of Maine athletic director. Killy told the BDN that the position is the “opportunity of a lifetime.” Killy will start his new post in Orono on Jan. 30, joining the […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, spoke to Physics World about the term “Anthropocene,” which geologists have not yet fully defined despite the fact that the term has entered the public discourse. “I think, in a lot of ways, the cat’s out of the bag. … What […]
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