The Ellsworth American reported Hal Borns, professor emeritus of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, will speak about Lamoine’s geology at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 7 at Lamoine Town Hall. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is an opportunity for Lamoine residents to […]
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A University of Maine assistant professor of marine policy in the School of Marine Sciences and three UMaine graduate students are taking part in The Ocean Conference this week at the United Nations in New York. Participants are slated to discuss solutions to a range of threats to marine ecosystems, including reducing plastic pollution, expanding […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the third annual Black Bear Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, presented by the University of Maine Alumni Association. More than 600 runners participated in the Black Bear Race series event, WLBZ reported. “Racers have come from all over the country; we have some […]
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The University of Maine will host the third annual conference of the U.S. chapter of The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) June 12–16. This year, presentations and interactive sessions offered by U.S. and international experts will focus on “Emergency Management, Homeland Security, and Computing.” The five-day event also will provide networking opportunities for attendees and […]
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Despite an abundance of egg-bearing adult lobsters and record-breaking harvests, the number of young lobsters continues to fall in the Gulf of Maine. That’s the 2016 update from the American Lobster Settlement Index (ALSI), an international monitoring program founded in 1989 by University of Maine marine scientist Rick Wahle. The ALSI, a collaboration between fishermen […]
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Caitlin Caserta, the assistant director of fitness at University of Maine Campus Recreation, visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to talk about the upcoming Body and Mind Adult Fitness/Wellness Camp. The camp, which is for adults 55 years of age or older, will include wellness, fitness and falls-risk assessments; ideas for safe, at-home workouts; […]
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The University of Maine is well represented in an iSWOOP (interpreters and Scientists Working On Our Parks) video that highlights the importance of scientists to national parks, including Acadia National Park. Martha Merson’s three-minute video includes footage of assistant professor Jacquelyn Gill speaking at a public event, doctoral candidate Kit Hamley coring, and alum Nickolay […]
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Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about two confirmed Maine cases of the Powassan virus, which is transmitted primarily through deer tick bites. Both midcoast Maine residents were hospitalized with encephalitis in late April but have since been […]
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WABI (Channel 5) recently reported on University of Maine students who spent a week on Swan’s Island as part of a May Term travel-study course. “Maine Island Culture and Community Engagement” is a service-learning class where students volunteer part of each day at local organizations and businesses on Swan’s Island, located about six miles south […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers (MGV) will offer weekly open house sessions 5:30–6:30 p.m. beginning June 6 at Rogers Farm in Old Town. The UMaine Extension Penobscot County MGV Demonstration Garden — which features 34 different theme gardens, including the new foodscaping garden — is open to the public during daylight hours. […]
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