Forensic Magazine interviewed Karyn Sporer, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maine, for an article about her research on terrorism and Twitter. Sporer analyzed tweets posted within 24 hours after major terrorist attacks, including Nice and the Pulse nightclub attack, to discern ways in which terrorists justify violence and look for patterns. […]
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Turner Publishing and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension food preservation workshop Aug. 28. The hands-on class will demonstrate how to preserve the garden’s harvest, specifically basic steps for safely canning and freezing fresh produce. The focus will be salsa and stewed tomatoes. The $10 fee includes produce and […]
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The Piscataquis Observer reported Brian Roth, the acting director of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit at the University of Maine, collaborated to plant an American chestnut germplasm conservation orchard at the Law Farm in Dover-Foxcroft. Germplasm are living genetic resources, like seeds. The American chestnut tree grew on more than 200 million acres of the […]
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The Associated Press reported Kristy Townsend, an assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Maine, was awarded a $1 million grant by the National Science Foundation for research on the adult brain. Townsend’s five-year study will investigate the creation of new nerve cells in adult brains, and engage students in the field of biomedicine, […]
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Yingchao Yang, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is a co-lead author of the paper, “Toughening Graphene by Integrating Carbon Nanotubes,” according to a release from Rice University. Yang worked with a team of researchers from Rice University, Brown University and others to test fracture-resistant rebar graphene, which was developed at Rice in 2014. Graphene […]
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VillageSoup and The Free Press advanced a program about clams led by Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and the director of research at the Downeast Institute. The free program focuses on the basic biology, ecology and management of soft-shell clams, and their relationship to other organisms in […]
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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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