Mount Desert Islander reported Rebecca Holberton, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Maine, and Lindsay Tudor, a wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, will present May 1 at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor. The title of their 5 p.m. presentation, the last in the MDI […]
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Arthur Barry Adoff, a graduate student in the University of Maine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Good health is good for the economy. It’s time for Maine to expand Medicaid.” Jesse Call, Harry Ward and Lu Ruyi, fellow graduate students in the UMaine School of Social […]
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The Free Press and The Republican Journal reported University of Maine geographer Stephen Hornsby will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 at Left Bank Books in Belfast. Hornsby, director of the Canadian-American Center and professor of anthropology and Canadian studies at UMaine, will discuss his newly published book, “Picturing America: The Golden Age of […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, will urge D.C. lawmakers to support programs that help seniors stay social in order to stem the far-reaching effects of loneliness and isolation. Kaye will be one of four experts […]
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BBC News cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine for a report about a bright orange lobster that was caught and donated to Anglesey Sea Zoo where it is being cared for in the Lobster Hatchery of Wales. Experts from the Lobster Institute have previously said the odds of finding a […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about how to tackle garden weeds and pests without using chemicals. While there is still some time left before planting can begin in late spring, Garland said now is the time to be planning for […]
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A preliminary University of Maine report on survey data related to mineral mining in Maine was cited in the Bangor Daily News politics blog, “State & Capitol.” The blog post, titled “Why legislating mining in Maine is so hard, in one survey,” featured information from a report compiled by Andrew Morgan, a graduate student in […]
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The Republican Journal and Mount Desert Islander reported Susan Camp, a printmaker, sculptor and adjunct assistant professor of art at the University of Maine, has been named one of the MDI Biological Laboratory’s four 2017 Maine artists-in-residence. The artists’ work will be the subject of the laboratory’s sixth annual “Art Meets Science” exhibit. Instead of […]
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Parker Gassett, a graduate student studying marine policy and biology at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News in support of Maine Sea Grant that could be facing federal budget cuts.
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Mark Wells, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine who studies harmful algal blooms, was mentioned in the Nature article, “Climate change is making algal blooms worse.” Harmful algal blooms can occur when changes in water conditions lead to an increased growth in the number of a particular species of algae. The […]
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