Michael Bilodeau, director of the Process Development Center at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Bob Duchesne’s “Wild Maine” radio show on 92.9 FM The Ticket. The show focused on the center and its various research projects, particularly the new advanced products that can be made out of wood. Bilodeau said the […]
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Mainebiz reported the economic impact of the state’s aquaculture industry continues to grow rapidly, according to a recent study from the University of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute. The report, released late last month, examined data from 2014. It found there were 107 aquaculture-related businesses, 1,078 industry jobs and $56.09 million in labor income. The study […]
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Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “The disappearance of Maine’s rusty patched bumblebee.” Drummond is the last known person to hold a Maine-born rusty patched bumblebee, according to the article. He held the bee in 2009 while his students collected […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on University of Maine senior Eric Morrison’s contribution to a new aquaculture exhibit at the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor. Morrison, a new media major, created a virtual reality fish farm, where visitors can don a headset and become immersed in a 360-degree, panoramic, 3-D underwater world. “Sea What Grows Aqua […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported colleges and universities throughout Maine have been reminding students that marijuana is still prohibited on their campuses, regardless of pot’s new legal status elsewhere for those 21 and older. “Nothing will change here,” said Robert Dana, the University of Maine’s vice president for student life and dean of students, in […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with current and former University of Maine horticulturists for a “Maine Gardener” column on how advances in DNA analysis are influencing the plant naming decisions that take place every six years at the International Botanical Congress. “Every once in a while there comes an enormous breakthrough that breaks the system […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WLBZ (Channel 2), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), Penobscot Bay Pilot and WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) reported on 2016 Maine drug overdose death figures released by the state attorney general’s office. Maine overdose deaths climbed for the fifth straight year, soaring nearly 40 percent to claim […]
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In a Seacoast Online commentary, Rep. Chris Babbidge of Kennebunk, wrote about his recent visit to the University of Maine College of Engineering with fellow state lawmakers. Though UMaine graduated 375 engineers last year — a record — Babbidge noted that state business, education and research institutions advertised for 1,450 engineering positions. “Dr. Dana Humphrey, […]
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The Republican Journal and Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine will run Camp North Woods again this summer at the UMaine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. The camp will host children ages 8 to 10 from July 16–21 and children 10 to 12 from July 30–Aug. 4. Both weeks are coed […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with University of Maine students about working for and using the Tip Whip ride-sharing service. The service was created by recent UMaine graduate Spencer Wood. “All the drivers are college students, all the riders are college students, and it’s like modern-day hitchhiking,” Wood says. “There are no fees, it’s just a […]
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