WABI (Channel 5) reported on the memorial services for Alan Reynolds, a University of Maine alumnus and former director of public safety at UMaine. Reynolds passed away April 24. He was 77 years old. In addition to his work at UMaine, he also served in the Navy and Air Force, as a reserve police officer […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on an ocean technology conference held at the University of Maine. The conference, which was organized by UMaine’s Canadian-American Center and the Maine International Trade Center, brought together researchers, business leaders and policymakers in ocean technology and strategy to promote a network of collaboration. The conference aimed to facilitate the integration […]
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The Lincoln County News spoke with Rick Wahle, a marine scientist at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, for an article about lobster shell disease making its way into the state. Epizootic shell disease has been seen in rising numbers in the warmer waters south of Maine and could pose a future threat to […]
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Maine Startups Insider, an online news startup, reported on the winners of the UMaine Business Challenge, the state’s largest student entrepreneurship competition. Two Colby College students, Dan Vogel and Scott Lehman, won the first-place prize of $5,000 for NorthEats LLC, a food-ordering mobile app for local restaurants, according to the article. Zechariah Palmeter, a UMaine […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article on the importance of vernal pools by Zachary Wood and Jared Homola, Ph.D. students in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program at the University of Maine. In the article, titled “Why these pools in the forest are more important than you may think,” the students write that the […]
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Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release about a study conducted by Scott Morello, a visiting researcher at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Morello found mussel larvae swim toward odors from adult mussels, and swim away from odors from predators, including green crabs and dog whelks. According to his research, mussel larvae […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News reported on the University of Maine’s 2016 Student Research Symposium. More than 500 undergraduate and graduate students presented their work at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. “It’s our job to take the knowledge that the students and the faculty are producing and apply […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the restoration of Clarke Fitz-Gerald’s “Flame of Inspiration” chandelier sculpture, which graced the foyer of the former Maine Center for the Arts for about two decades. During renovations to the center between 2007 and 2009 — and its transition to the Collins Center for the Arts — the 21-foot-tall, 1,500-pound […]
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WVII (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on a disaster simulation held at the University of Maine for students in the School of Nursing and University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC). The event featured a simulated bus accident and 31 student actors with a range of injuries, including those that were life-threatening. […]
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University of Maine business students Kathy Hill and Brady Davis visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to speak about the second annual International Trade Show to be held May 3 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. During the event, more than 100 student “economic development officers” from Clint Relyea’s Introduction to International Business […]
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