Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) interviewed Joshua Stoll, an assistant research professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, as one of 17 social and interdisciplinary researchers working on innovative ways to improve ocean conservation and management. Stoll’s research focuses on different fisheries and their adaptability and resilience in the face of rapid change […]
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Sun Journal covered a Buckfield Board of Selectmen meeting where it was announced that University of Maine students will assist with the town’s Shedd Hollow Road bridge replacement project over Darnit Brook. The UMaine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering chose the project as part of its capstone program, according to the article. The students […]
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Jeffrey C. Hall, who was a member of the University of Maine community from 2004 to 2012 as an adjunct professor and a Libra Professor of Neurogenetics, spoke with the Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) about being one of three scientists to win the 2017 Nobel Prize in […]
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Maine Public reported the University of Maine was awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to help get more Native American college students to study STEM subjects. The grant will help establish a program to bring traditional knowledge and learning methods into higher education, according to the report. “One of the key elements of student […]
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The Associated Press, NPR, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Science, The Washington Post, Time, Inside Higher Ed and New York Post reported Jeffrey C. Hall, who has ties to the University of Maine, was one of three scientists to win the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael […]
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Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Chicago Tribune for the article, “Putting an end to hazing takes more than written policies, experts say.” Written policies that strictly ban hazing at schools do little to prevent hazing unless paired with meaningful action to create a culture of […]
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Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about a proposed casino in York County. Backers of the casino say the business would create more than 2,000 jobs and $45 million in annual tax revenue, but history shows those numbers are not a sure […]
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The Ellsworth American reported on a College of the Atlantic oral history class that is run in partnership with the Island Institute of Rockland and Maine Sea Grant, a coastal studies program supported by the University of Maine and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The group of 14 students interviewed seven members of the […]
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The Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about libraries in Maine and the various benefits they offer. The Bangor Public Library’s circulating collection includes free passes for up to four people to the Emera Astronomy Center and Jordan Planetarium at UMaine, the Maine State Museum […]
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The Working Waterfront published an article on a citizen science research project being led by Alice Kelley, a geoarchaeologist at the University of Maine. Located along Maine’s coast and islands, prehistoric shell middens are in danger of being wiped out by the rapid acceleration of rising sea levels, according to Kelley, who is helping organize […]
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