In response to questions from Maine’s agricultural producers on area wages, pay, and benefits, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association developed a survey for farmer owners with employees that went out statewide this past March. Responses were due by April 2. “Farmers had no way of knowing […]
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News Center Maine spoke with Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, and former engineering students Cody Sheltra and Anthony Diba about the patented technology developed at UMaine and used in refurbishing the Grist Mill Bridge in Hampden. Diba is a design engineer at AIT Bridges in […]
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U.S. Sen. Susan Collins joined Maine Department of Transportation officials, University of Maine researchers, Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT) Bridges and industry partners at the Grist Mill Bridge in Hampden, Maine on May 21 to celebrate the groundbreaking research that is leading the country toward a sustainable, low-cost transportation system of the future. The 75-foot single-span […]
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How people use smartphones can indicate their ability to understand and interpret nonverbal social cues, such as facial expressions and tone, according to a University of Maine-led study. Research revealed that active smartphone users — people who write posts and share photos on social media more than they read other users’ content — are more […]
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The Springfield News-Leader noted a University of Maine Atlantic bluefin tuna satellite tagging project in a recent business article. The project will receive a portion of a five-year, $1 million conservation pledge from Bass Pro founder Johnny Morris in honor of North Carolina conservationist Eddie Bridges, who passed away earlier this week.
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared a University of Maine news release describing a collaboration between the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and the University of Maine Farmington. Researchers at both campuses seek to establish an undergraduate internship program rooted in building a circular food system that encourages food recycling and value-added processing […]
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The Guardian cited a study of hazing in Division III college athletics by University of Maine researchers Elizabeth Allan and David Kerschner in a story about hazing during and after the pandemic. Allan is a professor of higher education at UMaine; Kerschner earned his doctorate in higher education in 2021. The article also cited a […]
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Eos reported on a study led by Dominic Winski, a faculty member with the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, that documents seasonal sea salt and sea ice variability in a South Pole ice core that reflects changes over the last 11,400 years. The study was published in Geophysical Research Letters.
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Penobscot Times shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a study of phytoplankton’s role in carbon cycling in the North Atlantic. University of Maine School of Marine Sciences faculty Emmanuel Boss, Lee Karp-Boss and Margaret Estapa, and UMaine research associate Sean O’Neill are part of a research expedition seeking to […]
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An article from Frank Wertheim, University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate professor of agriculture and horticulture, and his colleagues from Husson University and Maine Campus Compact was published in the latest issue of Maine Policy Review. Their article, “Food Insecurity in Maine Higher Education,” can be found online.
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