UMaine in the News

Harpswell to vote on UMaine brown-tail moth study, Forecaster reports

The Forecaster reported Harpswell voters will decide whether to allocate about $9,500 for the University of Maine to conduct studies on brown-tail moths and ways to naturally reduce their population. The vote follows a Board of Selectmen workshop last November where Eleanor Groden, a professor of entomology at UMaine, discussed her work as director of […]

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Gloucester Times cites collaborative research in article on next lobster assessment

A recently published study by researchers from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, University of Maine and National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration was cited in a Gloucester Times article about the start of another benchmark lobster study. In 2015, data collected in an assessment of New England lobster stocks showed record-high abundance for the combined […]

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Caron’s sexuality survey cited in The Guardian

The Guardian cited research by Sandra Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, in an article about navigating consent and romance in today’s world. A survey Caron has been administering to students for a quarter of a century suggests that the number of sexual partners students have has remained steady […]

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Palmer quoted in Governing article on upcoming gubernatorial elections

Kenneth Palmer, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Governing article, “How might a 2018 Democratic wave affect governor’s races?” Governing analyzed the connection between state elections and the three most recent wave elections: 2006, which benefited the Democrats, and 2010 and 2014, which benefited the Republicans. […]

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MDI Biological Lab, UMaine research focus of BDN health blog entry

A new study conducted by researchers at MDI Biological Laboratory and the University of Maine was featured in the Bangor Daily News “Catching Health” blog. The research, led by MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Sandra Rieger, has demonstrated that the same enzyme connected to certain chemotherapy drugs also plays a role in peripheral neuropathy caused by […]

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MaineToday reports on immigration debate documentary by UMM students

MaineToday Magazine published an article about a film created by University of Maine at Machias students in interdisciplinary fine arts professor Alan Kryszak’s Down East documentary class. The semester-long film project, “Who Made You in America?,” focuses on the current state of the immigration debate in Maine and elsewhere, according to the article. Since a […]

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UMaine officer honored for act of courage, Press Herald reports

The Portland Press Herald reported Sgt. Scott Curtis of the University of Maine Police Department was among the officers and civilians honored for acts of courage at the Maine Chiefs of Police Association’s annual banquet. Curtis was recognized for persuading a female college student not to harm herself.

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Caron quoted in Auburn Citizen article on downside of Valentine’s Day

Sandra Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, was quoted in an article about the downside of Valentine’s Day that was published in The Citizen of Auburn, New York. Caron said with all the advertising that goes on this time of year, people forget how painful Valentine’s Day can be […]

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DMC accepting applications for summer internships, media report

The Lincoln County News and Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release announcing the Darling Marine Center is accepting internship applications. Each summer, undergraduate students at the DMC in Walpole conduct basic and applied marine research in, on, under, and beside the waters of the Damariscotta River estuary and the Gulf of Maine, […]

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