The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and Associated Press cited University of Maine research in an article about the future of Maine’s lobster industry. A new study led by UMaine alumnus Noah Oppenheim, executive director of San Francisco’s Institute for Fisheries Resources, predicts lobster landings will fall 20–40% in the next four to five years in […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a symposium on Maine’s new forest economy held at the University of Maine. The event was sponsored by UMaine, the Maine Forest Products Council and Forest Opportunity Roadmap/Maine (FOR/Maine). Politicians, industry leaders, researchers and landowners met to discuss how to build on the state’s history with new technology and a […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “Maine is home to hundreds of spider species. Here’s a guide to the ones you might find.” In Maine, spiders are relatively harmless to people, according to Dill. While the bites of some species […]
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The Wall Street Journal quoted Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, in the article “NBC News chief signed new deal as Weinstein, Lauer allegations brewed.” Some staffers at NBC News said they feel a wholesale change in management is needed given the string of public missteps that […]
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The Portland Press Herald, WVII (Channel 7) and the Associated Press reported the University of Maine was awarded roughly $5 million to continue development of a floating platform to support up to a 12-megawatt wind turbine. The grant was awarded to UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, which has developed two similar platforms capable of […]
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Castine Patriot reported the Peninsula Explorers, a youth club sponsored by 4-H and Blue Hill Heritage Trust, recently visited Horsepower Farm in Penobscot for gleaning and a lesson in outdoor cooking. Peninsula Explorers, now in its second year, was formed to connect youth with the outdoors and community members, according to the article.
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Penobscot Bay Pilot published a University of Maine news release about research by Bob Steneck, a University of Maine professor of marine sciences, that found even with ocean warming, coral bleaching and an intense hurricane, local conservation actions helped a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem rebound in about a decade. Steneck began studying coral reefs off […]
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CBC News interviewed University of Maine researchers Erik Blomberg and Alexander Fish for the report, “Tracking a secretive bird: Researchers join woodcock migration study.” The researchers are part of an international migration study that biologists hope can shed light on the elusive game bird. As part of the study, the birds were equipped with GPS […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine was recently named champion of the Northeast in a monthlong challenge to get people outdoors and active. From mid-September through mid-October, participants of the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) Campus Challenge earned points for their school by engaging in a variety of outdoor activities, […]
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The Maine Edge reviewed the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ production of Neil Simon’s farce “Rumors.” Directed by Julie Arnold Lisnet, lecturer of theatre at UMaine and founding member of Ten Bucks Theatre Co., the production is staged in Al Cyrus Pavilion Theatre and will run through Oct. 27. In the play, a […]
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