The Republican Journal advanced a gallery exhibit by Belfast artist Jerri Finch at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery. The exhibit will run Oct. 12–Dec. 3. An artist’s reception featuring a talk by Finch on her life and work will be held 5:30–7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at the […]
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The Ellsworth American previewed a talk about soft-shell clams by Brian Beal, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine at Machias. Beal will speak about his decades worth of research on the clams at a public meeting of the Lamoine Conservation Commission at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Lamoine Consolidated School. […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot article “Shrimp count remains low, depleted” mentioned a model developed by University of Maine researchers. The population of shrimp is still depleted and spawning stock biomass has been extremely low since 2013, according to the article. The 2018 stock assessment of the shrimp fishery investigated three models, with the preferred one […]
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The Bangor Daily News article “Thirst for craft beer continues across US, Maine” cited a March 2017 study from the University of Maine School of Economics. All 50 states saw an increase in the number of breweries between 2012 and 2016, during which the total number nationwide grew from 880 to 2,802, the article states. […]
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The Morning Call mentioned research collaboration from the University of Maine in an article about an expansion of Lampire Biological Laboratories in Pipersville, Pennsylvania. Lampire has begun production of lobster hemocyanin, a protein found in lobsters and related animals that has a range of uses in the biomedical field, the article states. Gregory Krug, president […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered the fifth annual March Against Domestic Violence on the University of Maine campus on Oct. 3. The march was held on the Mall at noon, and was followed by speakers on the steps of Fogler Library. The march honored victims of domestic violence, and raised awareness about […]
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The Bangor Daily News told the story of University of Maine assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology Jacquelyn Gill’s near-death experience in Siberia and the lessons emerging from it. Gill traveled to to the remote village of Belaya Gora, Russia to participate in research with permafrost caves as one of four featured scientists in […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was awarded a $180,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant will support a program to assist farmers with disabilities, according to the article.
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The New York Times quoted Brian Beal, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine at Machias, in an article about green crabs. A Canadian variety of green crab, noted as being “highly aggressive,” poses a threat to Maine’s soft-shell clam population and to eelgrass, a habitat for other marine creatures, according to […]
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Mainebiz cited a presentation from the University of Maine School of Forest Resources in an article about a new addition to the Dexter-based Tri-County Technical Center’s commercial driver’s license training program. The new program, focused on wood products driving, is in partnership with members of the logging industry and aimed at high school students, who […]
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