Recent research by Jonathan Borkum, an adjunct associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, was cited in the Boston Globe article, “On the pathway to preventing migraines.” Borkum scanned through more than 2,000 scientific studies about migraine triggers, then focused on a subset of about 30 key papers on how given triggers, such […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the article, “Club sports provide serious competition at UMaine.” According to the report, 619 students play on the 31 club sports teams at the University of Maine. The article featured the stories of club sport athletes including Samantha Frank, a wrestler; John Golder, who plays rugby; and Melissa May, a […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on energy testing being conducted at the Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab in the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. RTI Wave Power of York, Maine, has been testing its sixth generation RTI F2 QD, a 1:50-scale wave energy converter at the facility. The lab is one of […]
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Several University of Maine student-athletes, coaches and athletic trainers were quoted in a Bangor Daily News article on treating concussions in college sports. UMaine’s athletic training staff, which cares for more than 400 student-athletes, focuses on education, prompt evaluation and cautious treatment when it comes to concussions, according to the article. “Medical disqualifications from concussions […]
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Dartmouth News reported on a collaboration between Dartmouth researchers and the University of Maine’s Virtual Environmental and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Lab. Mark Williams, a professor of film and media studies at Dartmouth, and John Bell, lead applications developer in Dartmouth’s Academic Commons, were awarded a two-year research and development grant from the National Endowment for […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Why we should be hopeful about the Paris climate pact.” The climate accord reached this month in Paris sets an international goal of limiting the increase of the global average temperature, but the accord […]
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Dana Morse, a scientist with Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about how aquaculture is helping Maine’s oyster industry. According to the Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine has 60 oyster farms, with another 13 permits pending, and the majority of oysters that […]
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Jake Ward, the University of Maine’s vice president for innovation and economic development, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the future of the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute’s (FBRI) Technology Research Center. FBRI researchers work on campus to create and commercialize new wood-based bioproducts that they test on a larger scale at […]
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University of Maine doctoral students Amy Kireta and Brett Gerard were quoted in a Current Publishing article on the newly opened Maine Lake Science Center in Bridgton. After seven years of planning by the Lakes Environmental Association, the year-round facility opened in June to attract scientists and educators from Maine and beyond, to conduct lake-related […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “We’ve viewed nature as something to dominate. Now, we live with consequences,” by Doug Allen, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine.
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