The Daily Reflector of Greenville, North Carolina mentioned a University of Maine-led research project in a feature article on an East Carolina University biologist. John Stiller, an associate professor of plant genomics, served as a primary researcher on a 50-member team led by UMaine, the Carnegie Institution for Science and ECU that sequenced and analyzed […]
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A taste test conducted at the University of Maine was mentioned in a CBC News report about how food scientists are exploring ways to turn the European green crab into a lucrative commercial industry. The invasive species can quickly devastate marine plants that provide food and habitat to other creatures, and also devour sea critters […]
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NBC4 Los Angeles reported on Richard Barron’s recent successful surgery. Barron, head coach of the University of Maine women’s basketball team, began an extended medical leave in January when he was diagnosed with two parallel neurological conditions. Barron recently underwent a “revolutionary” craniotomy at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Unlike similar surgeries, […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a UMaine Today feature story and video on tick research being conducted at the University of Maine. As the number of ticks and the illnesses they spread rise around the state, UMaine scientists in multiple disciplines are conducting research in an effort to protect residents, animals and the environment. UMaine’s […]
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The Kennebec Journal spoke with a University of Maine student during the 28th annual Open Farm Day organized by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Butting Heads Farm in Gardiner was one of dozens of farms across central Maine that welcomed visitors on Sunday, according to the article. Chason Frost, a horticulture major, […]
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Marcella Sorg, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Maine, was the focus of the Bangor Daily News feature, “This Maine scientist gets the call when bones are found in the woods.” When hunters or recreationists find what they think are human remains in the Maine woods, Sorg is the person law enforcement officers usually […]
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Food & Wine magazine spoke with Cathy Billings, associate director of communications and development at the University of Maine Lobster Institute, for the article, “Maine’s lobster industry thriving, despite slow start.” Conflicting news reports stated that the Maine lobster catch is either prospering or in decline, according to the article. Billings said one of the […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with the Penobscot Bay Press about climate change, including the Paris Agreement and the Antarctic Peninsula. Mayewski discussed the effects of politics on U.S. climate change action and offered insight into the complex science behind determining humans’ effect on the world’s […]
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David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by The New Food Economy for an article about Maine’s blueberry surplus. This year, with a near-record harvest expected across the state’s 18,000 acres of barrens, the United States government is planning to buy $10 million worth of blueberries to […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a recent talk by a University of Maine doctoral student at the Challenger Learning Center in Bangor. Elisabeth Kilroy, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow who is pursuing a doctorate in biomedical science, taught students about how muscles work and discussed muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disease that affects […]
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