The Bangor Daily News reported voters will head to the polls June 13 to decide whether the state should borrow $50 million, mostly to replenish a fund that has bought research equipment for the University of Maine System and Maine technology companies. The bulk of the money would go to replenish the Maine Technology Asset […]
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TIME magazine spoke with Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine and director of the National Hazing Prevention Consortium, for the article, “4 ways to crack down on hazing at fraternities.” Allan said schools should focus resources and funding on hazing prevention methods that engage the entire college community, from […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Shakespeare scholar Caroline Bicks has been named to fill the University of Maine’s new Stephen E. King Chair in Literature. Bicks will leave her job at Boston College, where she has been an English professor since 2002, to take on the new UMaine post in September. Bicks grew up in […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers (MGV) is offering weekly open house sessions 5:30–6:30 p.m. Tuesdays throughout the summer at Rogers Farm in Old Town. “Much of the farm is for research commodity crops that are important to the economics of Maine, but here we have a small […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Rick Wahle, a research professor in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, about a presentation that was made at the 11th International Conference & Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management hosted by UMaine and Boston University. Two Scandinavian biologists said American and European lobsters are crossbreeding and […]
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An economic impact study conducted by the University of Maine was mentioned in a Seatrade Cruise News article about two Bar Harbor ballot questions regarding the passenger ship business. One measure would limit the size of ships coming alongside the town, and would give voters the right to decide the daily passenger cap, according to […]
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The Ellsworth American reported a group of marine and social scientists from the University of Maine and Maine Maritime Academy recently held a meeting in Penobscot with about a dozen local residents to introduce their Bagaduce River research project. The research is part of a larger, statewide project funded by the National Science Foundation under […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported that near Bermuda on May 22, the crew of Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship launched a 5-foot sailboat assembled and customized by Swan’s Island middle school students. As part of MMA’s Educational Passages program, the students will be able to track the boat, which is equipped with a GPS device, as […]
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A study released by the Maine Brewers’ Guild and conducted by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in the Portland Press Herald article, “Maine Beer Box begins voyage to give local brews international exposure.” The custom-made shipping container filled with Maine craft beer is heading to Reykjavik, Iceland, where the beers will […]
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The Associated Press reported the number of young lobsters is declining in the Gulf of Maine despite years of record-breaking harvests, according to University of Maine marine scientist Rick Wahle. Wahle quantifies the population of baby lobsters in the Gulf at monitoring sites in New England and Canada every year. His American Lobster Settlement Index, […]
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