VillageSoup reported Liam Riordan, a history professor at the University of Maine, will present during the Aug. 2 meeting of the Union Historical Society. Riordan’s talk, “Ambiguous Allegiances in Revolutionary Maine: The Importance of Local History,” will focus on historic events that took place in Machias, Falmouth and Castine, according to the article.
Read more
The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on University of Maine doctoral candidate Brianne Du Clos as part of its “Meet” series. Du Clos led the development of BeeMapper, a new tool that allows farmers to predict how much help they will get from native bees in pollinating millions of low bush wild Maine […]
Read more
OnlineAthens, the daily online edition of the Athens Banner-Herald in Georgia, mentioned the University of Maine in an article about the August solar eclipse. The eclipse’s zone of totality will be about 60 to 70 miles wide as the shadow crosses the continental U.S. from Oregon through South Carolina, according to the article. The full […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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, […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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, […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more