Ravalli Republic included talks by Eric Gallandt, a professor of weed ecology at the University of Maine, and Ellen Mallory, an assistant professor of sustainable agriculture and an associate extension professor at UMaine, in a preview of an upcoming workshop. The talks are part of the 2018 Organic Principals Review workshop held by the Montana […]
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The Associated Press reported on the outcome of the use of ranked-choice voting in Maine’s primary election, quoting Mark Brewer, a professor of political science at the University of Maine. Ranked-choice voting in the Maine primary “went off without a hitch,” and its success could inspire the use of the system in other states and […]
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Maine Public interviewed Robert Bayer, the executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for an article on the impacts the recently imposed steel tariff will have on the lobster industry, specifically on the production of traps. Nearly 100 percent of lobster traps are made of steel mesh, so the raw material […]
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WMTW (Channel 8) cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report on a rare yellow lobster. The lobster was caught by the F/V Short Fuse, of Bremen, off the Maine coast June 20, according to the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, WMTW reports. The odds of catching a yellow lobster […]
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The New York Times quoted Richard Wahle, a professor at the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, and James Acheson, a professor of anthropology at UMaine, in a story on climate change and its effects on the lobster industry. Climate change has caused the Gulf of Maine to warm since the 1980s […]
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The Bangor Daily News quoted Mindy Crandall, an assistant professor of forest landscape management and economics at the University of Maine, in an article on changes in the forestry market, including increasing prices and demand. Wood prices have doubled in the past six months, resulting from several factors like a buildup in the demand for […]
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The Mount Desert Islander reports five local poets will read from their work at an event in Bar Harbor, including a poet from the University of Maine. Leonore Hildebrandt, a lecturer of English, will read from her new collection of poetry, “Where You Happen To Be.” The free event will take place at Northeast Harbor […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot carried a University of Maine news release about 55 undergraduate and graduate students in the Maine Government Summer Internship Program. The students live in Maine or attend a school in the state, and will complete a full-time, 12-week paid internship with state or municipal governments. The program is operated by the […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed outgoing University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter in an article on her time at the university and what’s in store for her next. Hunter spent 30 years working at UMaine, beginning as a part-time instructor in zoology and moving to a tenure-track position four years later. She continued up […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Joshua Stoll, a research professor in marine sciences at the University of Maine, for an article on the impact that China’s proposed tariff on U.S. lobster could have on Maine. The 25 percent tariff would drive down prices of U.S. lobster, affecting everyone connected to the industry — which in […]
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