UMaine in the News

Media feature conference organized by UMaine Lobster Institute

News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and Spectrum News Maine covered the 2025 U.S.-Canada Lobster Town Meeting in Bar Harbor organized by the University of Maine Lobster Institute. The conference was created to encourage bilateral interaction and conversation about the lobster industry. This year’s discussions focused on the ocean’s changing ecosystems, industry data and management […]

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News Center interviews UMaine researchers about invasive plant study on ticks

News Center Maine interviewed University of Maine senior research associate Ellisa Ballman; Allison Gardner, associate professor of arthropod vector biology; and Jessica Leahy, professor of human dimensions at the UMaine School of Forest Resources. They are participating in a study that aims to understand how invasive forest plants play a role in tick populations, which […]

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Press Herald interviews Birkel on record heat in Maine during 2024

The Portland Press Herald interviewed Sean Birkel, assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute (CCI), on record high temperatures in the state during 2024. “We had a warmer than usual spring, a record hot June marked by a heatwave and very high overnight temperatures, and a record hot fall,” said Birkel, who […]

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Maine media interview Fairman on K-12 students’ NAEP testing results

Maine Public and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Janet Fairman, associate professor at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, on Maine’s K-12 student results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP or The Nation’s Report Card, and her research on the state’s education policy. Fairman said Maine’s localized education […]

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FOX 22 interviews Hobbs on recognizing lies in statistics

WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) interviewed University of Maine assistant professor of economics Kelsi Hobbs on how to avoid lies in statistics from studies and surveys. “There are a few different things that we can focus on, one is a sample, the second is the size of the sample and the third is how […]

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WABI covers teacher pinning ceremony

WABI (Channel 5) covered the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s second annual Pinning and Recognition Ceremony, which recognizes new teacher candidates. “We talk about teaching as a vocational calling, and so we want to do things to help our students understand that this choice that you make to work with children, […]

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Media interview UMaine Extension’s Knight on national egg shortage 

WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Colt Knight, associate professor and livestock educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, on how outbreaks of the bird flu are contributing to the rise in the cost of eggs due to a national shortage. “It’s a real gut punch whenever you […]

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