Mark Wells, an oceanography professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Associated Press piece “Boats Sit Idle as Algae Threatens Dungeness Crab Season” about a massive bloom of microscopic algae in the Pacific Ocean. The bloom has produced a toxin — domoic acid — that’s harmful […]
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WCSH6 cited Robert Rice, a University of Maine professor of wood science, in a piece about Maine’s paper industry. Rice said some of Maine’s mills make specialty papers for magazines and books but that many people read on computers, smartphones and tablets. He also said international competition, high energy costs and high fiber prices are […]
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University of Maine graduate student Andrew Galimberti is mentioned in several publications regarding his research on a mass extinction 359 million years ago. Prior to the extinction, the sea was filled with “creatures the size of school buses,” but for at least 40 million years after the massive die-off, the marine world was dominated by […]
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The Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal reported on John Bear Mitchell’s presentation about Wabanaki culture to high school students at the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan. Mitchell, a Penobscot, is associate director of the Wabanaki Center at the University of Maine.
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University of Maine sociologist Steven Barkan was included in a Bates College article about research that found a positive correlation between lower community crime rates and household marriage. Michael Rocque, Bates College assistant professor of sociology, led the project. The research, published in the Journal of Research and Crime and Delinquency, also found counties with […]
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The University of Maine was included in a Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier article about Marvel!, Maine’s virtual library, which provides Maine residents access to abstract articles magazines, newspapers, journals and reference books. The Maine State Legislature, the University of Maine, Colby, Bates, Bowdoin colleges, the Public Utilities Commission and Maine Telecommunications Educational Access Fund provide funding for […]
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Jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd, who taught music at the University of Maine in the late 1970s, talks about his career in the New York Times article “Roswell Rudd, in a Celebratory Mood, Reflects on His Winding Path.” Rudd is marking his 80th birthday with a concert titled “The Wizard of Roz” at Le Poisson Rouge […]
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Durham Region Daily reported that University of Maine soccer captain Noelle Leon Palmer became the third student-athlete in America East history to be named Defender of the Year in back-to-back seasons. The senior biology major helped the Black Bears record three shutouts during conference play.
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Liam Riordan, a University of Maine history professor and director of the UMaine Humanities Center, about a Bangor performance and audience discussion on the effects of war. The UMaine Humanities Center and several area sponsors will present “Theater of War” at the Bangor Opera House from 7 to 9 […]
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An essay written by Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was cited in the New Yorker article, “Politics and the new machine: What the turn from polls to data science means for democracy.” The article mentioned the book “The Pollsters: Public Opinion, Politics, and Democratic Leadership,” which was published in […]
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