Kimberly Miner, research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was featured in an NBC News segment about how climate change has fueled recent extreme weather events and flooding in California. “Climate change is warming the whole planet and that includes the atmosphere and the oceans. What that means for us is […]
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Karyn Sporer, associate professor of sociology at the University of Maine, and Robert Glover, associate professor of political science and honors, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about how Maine governor Janet Mills should take an ambitious approach to address opioid addiction in the state. “With 2023 in its infancy, Mainers are […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Literary Hub and News Center Maine reported that “Night of the Living Rez” by Morgan Talty, assistant professor of English at the University of Maine, was named one of three finalists for The Story Prize, which honors American short story collections. Yahoo News shared the PPH report.
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Turner Publishing and the Courier-Gazette noted that the Maine Families program delivered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension has earned Blue Ribbon Affiliate status, a prestigious endorsement from Parents as Teachers National Center Inc. The endorsement makes it one of the top-performing home visiting affiliates within the Parents as Teachers’ international network. While Maine Families […]
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Science featured research led by Victor Ortega-Jiménez, assistant professor of integrative avian biology and biomechanics, showing that flamingos use fluid mechanics to filter food out of muddy waters. Ortega-Jiménez and colleagues from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Kennesaw State University analyzed the wading and feeding behaviors of Chilean flamingos at the Nashville Zoo and […]
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Phys.org highlighted a study from the University of Maine exploring how the first year of the pandemic affected research activities at the institution. The researchers surveyed more than 400 UMaine faculty, staff and graduate students about how the first year of living with COVID restrictions affected research activities, productivity, and health and wellness, as well […]
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In a story about lack of snowfall causing problems for Maine snowmobilers, WPFO-TV (Fox 23 in Portland) cited a 2020 study by the University of Maine that found snowmobiling provided more than $600 million to the state’s economy in 2019.
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In an article about the Farm to Sea School Institute boosting farm-to-school efforts throughout Maine, Food Service Director noted that the program has student ambassadors from the University of Maine, one of the institute’s partners, work with students at each participating school to identify and execute a farm-to-school project that takes place alongside the action […]
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Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about the exceptionally warm December in Bangor. “If we look at the larger statewide scales, winters in Maine are warming on average, though there is […]
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In an article about a community-supported fishery called Fishadelphia in Philadelphia, Hakai Magazine noted that the organization’s founder Talia Young’s interactions with Joshua Stoll, assistant professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, helped inspire her to establish the group. Stoll previously founded a community-supported fishery in eastern North Carolina called Walking Fish.
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