Outreach

Media feature conference organized by UMaine Lobster Institute

News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and Spectrum News Maine covered the 2025 U.S.-Canada Lobster Town Meeting in Bar Harbor organized by the University of Maine Lobster Institute. The conference was created to encourage bilateral interaction and conversation about the lobster industry. This year’s discussions focused on the ocean’s changing ecosystems, industry data and management […]

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UMaine celebrates launch of Maine Outdoor Recreation Economy Roadmap

The University of Maine, in collaboration with the Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation, Maine Outdoor Brands and a coalition of other industry partners, helped launch the Maine Outdoor Recreation Economy Roadmap at an event in Millinocket on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The roadmap lays out a vision for growing and diversifying Maine’s $3.4 billion outdoor recreation […]

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News Center reports on UMaine’s new forest bioproducts program

News Center Maine reported on the $22 million investment from Gov. Janet Mills and Maine’s Congressional delegation to Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub, aimed at positioning the state as a global leader in forest based biomaterial production and manufacturing. The University of Maine is advancing plans to launch its Forest Bioproducts Technology Maturation […]

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UMaine-led team develops more holistic way to monitor lobster industry 

Maine’s lobster fishery — one that supports thousands of jobs statewide — is extensively monitored. Management efforts are informed by biological monitoring surveys observing changes in abundance and distribution of the lobster population, and dealer and harvester reporting from the industry. Yet these statistics don’t tell the whole story of an industry shaken by supply […]

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UMaine’s new forest bioproducts program critical to $22 million ‘Tech Hub’ investment

Following the recent announcement by Gov. Janet Mills and Maine’s Congressional delegation that Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub will receive an additional $22 million to position Maine as a global leader in forest-based biomaterial production and manufacturing, the University of Maine is advancing plans to launch its Forest Bioproducts Technology Maturation Program, a […]

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Business students consult companies worldwide through X-Culture

From devising marketing campaigns to expansion planning, Maine Business School seniors worked with peers worldwide to solve problems for companies across the globe.  For the second year in a row, Ivan Manev entered the students in his fall International Management class (MGT 445) in X-Culture — an innovative, large-scale international learning project created by Vas […]

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Mainebiz interviews Zydlewski on state effort to create climate change resilience 

Mainebiz interviewed Gayle Zydlewski, director of the Maine Sea Grant program at the University of Maine, on the state’s efforts to boost community resilience around the effects of climate change. Zydlewski said Gov. Janet Mills’ initiatives associated with the Maine Won’t Wait Climate Action Plan boosted momentum in the state to continue tackling climate change, […]

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‘The Maine Question’ explores hazing, on campus and beyond

From the military to athletics to campus fraternity and sorority life, students and others endure hazing to satisfy the basic human desire to be part of a group. It operates in the shadows, but when hazing does appear in the headlines, it is often associated with tragic consequences.  Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership […]

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UMaine seeks to thwart ticks by helping landowners weed out invasive forest plants

Ask anyone who frequents the forests of New England and they will likely speak of unwelcome companions — ticks. Blacklegged ticks are expanding their range and rising in numbers, infecting people with pathogens that cause conditions like Lyme disease and babesiosis. Climate change is frequently blamed, but researchers have noticed another man-made problem may be […]

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