WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) cited data from the Maine Drug Data Hub — a tool created through a partnership between the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, the Office of the Attorney General, the University of Maine and several state agencies — in a segment titled “Maine dad fights to prevent fatal […]
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Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, spoke with Eos about floating offshore wind energy research involved in VolturnUS and New England Aqua Ventus. “We formed the very first university-based research team on floating wind technologies,” he said.
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Vermont Business Magazine, the Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Public highlighted new research from the University of Maine and University of Vermont that revealed that residents in their respective states produced more of their own food during COVID-19 pandemic. “Our study shows there is a thriving interest among Vermonters and Mainers in […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted Allessandro Mereghetti’s analysis of coprolites — also called fossilized feces — from Siberia that date back to the last ice age. These coprolites, according to the Ph.D. student in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will give insights into which animals lived there more […]
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The Northern Forecaster cited a 2019 economic impact study by the University of Maine and Maine Brewers Guild in a story about a new brewery opening this summer in North Yarmouth. According to the study, as described in the article, “breweries in Maine contributed about $260.4 million to the economy in 2017 and created 2,560 […]
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Mainebiz, WABI (Channel 5) the Bangor Daily News, Maine Public and WBTS (Channel 10 in Boston) reported on University of Maine research to develop potatoes that are more resistant to climate change. “The predictions for climate change are heavier rainfall events, and potatoes don’t tolerate flooding or wet conditions for long without having other quality […]
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New research from the University of Maine and University of Vermont discovered that residents in their respective states grew, fished, raised, foraged or hunted more of their own food during the COVID-19 pandemic. Food insecurity spiked in the Northeast as a result of the pandemic, prompting many families to increase the amount of food they […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Franklin Journal and Morning Ag Clips highlighted a University of Maine-led effort to create a Maine Farm to School Institute. Jade McNamara, assistant professor of human nutrition, is spearheading development of the institute, which will help rural middle and high schools […]
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Elizabeth Allan spoke with the Asbury Park Press about the growing problem of hazing among high school sports teams. “We really need to do more to shift the culture of group and team behavior, starting as early as possible, certainly by middle school if not earlier,” said Allan, a professor of higher education at the […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will welcome more than 150 researchers, policy makers and coastal community partners to a blue economy virtual discussion at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 18. The event will focus on the challenges and opportunities for Maine in the blue economy and how Maine’s public research university factors into solutions. Heather […]
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