Abstract submissions for the 2021 University of Maine Student Symposium on April 16 are now being accepted. The UMaine Student Symposium, which will be held virtually this year, is a campuswide celebration of achievement in student research and creative activity. Participants will present their research and creative activity through video presentations, which will be judged […]
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In covering the state’s outdoor recreation economy, The Center Square and the Machias Valley News Observer cited a 2020 report on the impact of snowmobiling in Maine, which was co-authored by University of Maine student Ian Hathaway with Jessica Leahy and Mindy Crandall, faculty in the School of Forest Resources. The Washington Examiner shared the Center Square story.
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Mainebiz picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting an award of $4.8 million from the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Readiness Program to UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI). According to Hemant Pendse, FBRI director, the grant will support significant facility upgrades and continuing research into the development of novel products, including alternative fuels, […]
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VillageSoup advanced a free online seminar by Kristina Cammen, a University of Maine assistant professor of marine sciences, at noon Jan. 19. Cammen’s presentation will provide information on the biology, ecology and health of Maine’s resident seal populations, with a focus on recent research on seals in the Penobscot River. More information about the webinar […]
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WAGM in Presque Isle interviewed Greg Porter, professor of crop ecology and management in the School of Food and Agriculture, and E. Han Tan, assistant professor of plant genetics with the School of Biology and Ecology, about participating in an research team working to develop tools that will help Maine scientists and farmers become more […]
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Rick Wahle, a University of Maine research professor with the School of Marine Sciences, was interviewed for a story in Hakai Magazine about testing two new sensor technologies designed to monitor the health of lobsters as they move through the supply chain after capture. Aquatic animal health specialist and assistant professor Deborah Bouchard noted that […]
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Spire: the Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability invites submissions for the fifth issue of the online journal planned for spring 2021. Issue 4, released in April 2020, is online. Editor Clinton Spaulding, a University of Maine communication and media ecology doctoral student, says the editorial staff seeks to include voices from a diverse range […]
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Climate News Network cited a study by University of Maine researchers in reporting about the worldwide decline of the carbon dioxide fertilization effect. The study, which was authored by UMaine researchers Jacquelyn Gill, Brian McGill and former Ph.D. student Brian Seliger, was published in the Journal of Biogeography.
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Development of a new, low-cost microfluidic water purification system by researchers at the University of Maine and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has been funded by the National Science Foundation. The initiative, led by Caitlin Howell, UMaine assistant professor of biomedical engineering, focuses on a method of quickly prototyping a portable pulsed-electric-field […]
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The Comer Family Foundation interviewed George Denton about his legacy of research and instruction. The University of Maine Libra Professor of Geological Sciences with the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute has spent years tackling large research questions surrounding abrupt climate change, particularly “the history of glaciers seeking clues as […]
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