The University of Maine System Rural Health and Well-being Grand Challenge Initiative’s Injury Prevention Collaborative recently held a seed grant competition for UMS researchers. The program is coordinated by Marcella Sorg and Jamie Wren at the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, with assistance from UMaine’s Office of Research Development. The UMS Injury […]
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News Center Maine reported on the February 2021 drug overdose report compiled by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine forensic anthropologist who also serves Maine’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The report was issued by both the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and Office of the Attorney General.
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The last few years have been especially busy for Mark Brewer. The University of Maine political science professor is a respected go-to source for reporters seeking context about political events and the political climate. That’s in addition to his research about partisanship, public opinion, public policy, and interactions between religion and politics, and his popular […]
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News Center Maine reported that University of Maine researchers Greg Porter, a professor of plant, soil and environmental science, and Ek Han Tan, an assistant professor of plant genetics, are developing DNA-based tools that will speed introduction of new potato varieties. Fresh Plaza also reported on the research. Potato News Today shared the News Center […]
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The Maine Monitor talked with John Daigle, a professor of forest recreation management in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, about state and federal initiatives to prevent emerald ash borer infestation in Maine.
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Mollie Ruben, an assistant professor of psychology and director of the Emotion, Pain and Interpersonal Communication Lab at the University of Maine, spoke with the BBC World News and ABC News for a story about the impact of face coverings on our perceptions of strangers. Ruben conducted a study asking 1,000 participants to rate the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Peter Abbott, the British consul general to New England, is “keen to share expertise” about floating offshore wind with Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine. Abbott is conducting a virtual trade mission to Maine this week, which includes meeting with […]
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VillageSoup advanced a talk by Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, a University of Maine professor of clinical nutrition, on the health benefits of consuming wild blueberries at noon on March 30. This Zoom event is part of Merryspring’s Online Winter Talk Series. Request more information and a Zoom link by emailing info@merryspring.org.
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The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the Southern Hemisphere, where interactions among the westerly wind system, the Southern Ocean and the tropical Pacific can trigger rapid, global changes in atmospheric temperature, according to an international research team led by the University of Maine. The mechanism, dubbed the Zealandia Switch, relates to […]
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Despite sounding like a futuristic tool exclusive to science fiction, artificial intelligence is used everyday in contemporary life. People capitalize on this emerging technology when they apply for jobs, order groceries, access bank accounts, take out a loan application or scroll through social media. University of Maine computer scientists and engineers are developing new forms […]
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