Phys.org, EurekAlert and ScienceDaily carried a University of Maine news release about a study on the role of local ecological knowledge held by Maine fishermen and how they apply it to fisheries management. The study was a collaboration between Joshua Stoll, an assistant research professor of marine policy at UMaine and cooperating scientist at the Maine Center […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about a population explosion of squirrels in some Bangor neighborhoods. Especially high numbers of squirrels have been sighted in Bangor’s Tree Streets neighborhood this summer. This could be due to a number of […]
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Volleyballmag.com published an article co-written by Richard Kent, a professor of literacy education at the University of Maine, and David Gallagher, a literacy professor at Mount Saint Mary College in New York, about creating team notebooks for volleyball teams at all levels. Kent and Gallagher said a typical team notebook has five sections: preseason thoughts, […]
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The University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer was featured in reports by The Barents Observer and the Metro about heat waves in July and August. This summer, exceptionally high temperatures have become the standard for areas north of the Arctic Circle, The Barents Observer states. The Climate Reanalyzer map labels areas that show […]
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Pathways, the newsletter of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, reports Robert Bowie, a professor of practice in biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, is working with students to create drones with better search and rescue capacities to find injured people more quickly. Bowie is the Emergency Medical Services director at Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital […]
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RFD-TV, an agriculturally-focused national cable network, interviewed Forrest Perkins, a member of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Tech Changemakers. This group of 4-H Tech Changemakers at Washington Academy in East Machias is using technology to spread awareness about food insecurity and help those who are food insecure to find resources through a project […]
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IEEE Spectrum magazine, Digital Trends, Newsweek, The Telegraph, The Sun, 94.9 WHOM, Q97.9, WCYY and Smithsonian magazine reported Nimesha Ranasinghe, an assistant professor and director of the Multisensory Interactive Media Lab at the University of Maine, has invented a pair of chopsticks with embedded electrodes to simulate flavors in food. The electrodes zap the tongue to simulate […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke to Robert Bayer, the executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for an article about a recent poster campaign in the Portland International Jetport by animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA bought a month’s worth of advertisements at the jetport […]
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Jordan LaBouff, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “‘From away’ should be celebrated, not scorned.” LaBouff is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and […]
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Fishermen’s Voice interviewed Joshua Stoll, an assistant research professor with the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine and the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, for an article about Stoll’s recent research on lobster trade. The study maps global trade routes for lobster and analyzes their effects on the relation between those who […]
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