The Portland Press Herald, Fish Information and Services, The Weekly Packet, The Ellsworth American and the Associated Press reported several research projects at the University of Maine will receive funding obtained by the Maine Department of Marine Resources from the sale of lobster license plates. The funding will go to five UMaine projects led by […]
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WVII (Channel 7) quoted John Rebar, the executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on new Maine laws. After the end of the current special legislative session, bills approved by lawmakers will become law within 90 days, including initiatives to require fingerprinting and background checks for childcare workers, WVII reports. […]
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Mainebiz reported the University of Maine was named one of 300 “best and most interesting” colleges in the 2019 Fiske Guide to Colleges. The guide evaluates colleges in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland. The guide’s report on UMaine highlights aspects of the institution including the Flagship Match scholarship program for out-of-state students; […]
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Newsweek quoted Robert Bayer, the executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, and the Irish Times cited Lobster Institute statistics in reports on a white lobster caught in West Cork, Ireland. Only one in 100 million lobsters is white, according to the Lobster Institute. Fisherman Donagh O’Connor caught the white female […]
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Emily Haigh, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Maine and the director of the Maine Mood Disorders Lab, spoke to WABI (Channel 5) about an upcoming study at the lab and called for volunteers. The Department of Psychology is looking for volunteers age 60 or older who are willing to travel to […]
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Rhode Island Public Radio interviewed Robert Bayer, the executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for a report on blue lobsters. A bright blue lobster was recently caught in Rhode Island and kept temporarily for public viewing at The Lobster Shack, a co-op market and restaurant in Newport, Rhode Island. It […]
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Eos: Earth and Space Science News reported on a study led by Amanda Gavin, an ecology and environmental sciences graduate student at the University of Maine. The study investigated the effects of acid rain and climate change on freshwater lakes. The researchers analyzed a subset of high-elevation Maine lakes, which are more sensitive to environmental […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science at the University of Maine, for an article on Maine soil. Above all, Fernandez emphasizes that soil is not dirt — there is so much more to it. With a classification system identifying 23,000 different series across the country and 119 in Maine, […]
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The Mount Desert Islander and VillageSoup previewed talks by University of Maine researchers Kim Huguenard and Laura Rickard about the effects of storm surge July 18 and 19. The first talk will take place at the Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary from 5—7 p.m. July 18, according to the MD Islander. The second talk will take place […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Anne Lichtenwalner, an associate professor of animal and veterinary sciences and the director of the University of Maine Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, for an article about livestock parasites. In Maine, the two most common zoonotic parasites — those able to move between livestock and humans — are Ascaris suum (roundworm) and […]
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