Research

Pen Bay Pilot highlights summer research experience for high school students

The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a summer research program for high school students. Students in the five-week Integrated Science and Research and Career Exploration Early College course at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center explored STEM careers by investigating relevant research questions applicable to the environmental problems of […]

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Mainebiz reports on UMaine’s ‘Blue Economy’ program

Mainebiz reported that the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and the Maine Business School have introduced the “UMaine Blue Economy” program to deepen partnerships between science and business experts in the state’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors and other working-waterfront industries. A $50,000 award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund supports the initiative, which seeks […]

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Maine Monitor discusses browntail moth outbreak with Dill, Mech

The Maine Monitor discussed the outlook for browntail moth in Maine in 2022 with Jim Dill, a pest management specialist at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Angela Mech, a University of Maine assistant professor of forest entomology whose research has focused on controlling the moth. Dill said that climate change is a factor in […]

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Pen Bay Pilot advances Mayewski Zoom webinar

The Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted a free, online presentation by Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. “The Arctic, Maine, and the First Abrupt Climate Change Event of the Modern Era” is scheduled for noon on Sept. 7. More information about the event is online.

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Bangor Daily advances forestry field day, Roth presentation

The Bangor Daily News promoted the Sept. 12 “Forestry Field Day” at Wicopy Woods Tree Farm in Sebec. Jessica Leahy, the Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry at the University of Maine, co-owns Wicopy Woods, and will offer a brief tour highlighting conservation projects in the forest. Amber Roth, a UMaine assistant professor of […]

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