Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article that examines how early endorsements could affect the race to replace Maine Gov. Paul LePage. Endorsements announced more than a year before the election could have an impact for candidates trying to gain traction in parts […]
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WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report about a blue lobster that was caught off the coast of Pemaquid. The odds of catching a blue lobster are one in 2 million, according to the Lobster Institute.
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Robert Glover, an associate professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Congress must fix Trump’s terrible mistake on DACA.” Glover also is the co-leader of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Associated Press reported on University of Maine-led research that found summer temperatures in the Gulf of Maine are persisting two months longer than they were in the early 1980s. The findings have ramifications for marine life, fishermen and the strength of hurricanes, which appear in late summer and are fueled […]
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Alice Kelley, a geoarchaeologist at the University of Maine; and Jacque Miller, a graduate research assistant in the UMaine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, visited the studios of WABI (Channel 5) to discuss their work preserving Maine’s shell middens. Kelley, an associate research professor in the Climate Change Institute, cooperating professor in the Department […]
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The Working Waterfront reported on the Sentinel Survey, which collects data on the status of groundfish populations in Eastern Maine. The survey, now in its eighth year, is conducted by Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries in collaboration with the University of Maine, according to the article. Fishermen visit a total of 84 survey stations from […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the third annual Fall Field Day at Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden in Old Town. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers hosted the event to celebrate the growing season with workshops, activities, live music and homemade food. Organizers said the event is a great opportunity for people to […]
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Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Modern Healthcare for the article, “Maine residents hope ballot box will do what legislators couldn’t: Expand Medicaid to more low-income adults.” A coalition of Democratic and moderate Republican state lawmakers passed bills five times that would have had Maine apply for federal […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the opening of Hirundo Wildlife Refuge’s “Trail of the Senses.” The ADA-compliant trail was created in partnership with the University of Maine. The first completed section was constructed by a group of 18 students in UMaine professor Will Manion’s CET 458 Management of Construction course, WABI reported.
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Penobscot John Bear Mitchell, a lecturer in Wabanaki studies at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about Orono considering to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The town would join a growing number of locales, such as Bangor and Belfast, that are shifting the focus away from Christopher Columbus, according […]
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