The Well News interviewed Mark Brewer, a professor of political science at the University of Maine, about the polls for the 2020 U.S. Senate race in Maine. Brewer talked about the political stances and actions of U.S. Rep. Susan Collins and her challenger, Sara Gideon, speaker of Maine’s House of Representatives.
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Climate.gov, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, published a Q&A with Katherine Allen, an assistant professor with the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute. Allen, a former NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow, answered questions about her career path, her previous and current […]
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The Associated Press and WABI (Channel 5) reported on a University of Maine initiative to create a first-ever bilingual portal to Franco American heritage records from archives in the United States and Canada. The effort, led by Franco American Programs at UMaine, received a nearly $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2020 CUGR summer fellowship winners. Undergraduate proposals will be awarded up to a maximum of $3,300 each. Funding is provided by the UMaine Office of the Vice President for Research and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC). This year’s winners are: Dawsin Blanchard, computer […]
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Four University of Maine students have been named winners of the 2020 Edith Patch Award. The award is given annually to undergraduate and graduate students who have demonstrated scholarship and service in the fields of science, agriculture, engineering, or environmental education, and who show promise for future contributions in their field. The award is named […]
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The Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) was officially completed in January 2020. Since August 2014, the program developed new aquaculture siting tools, discovered new information pertaining to emerging aquaculture sectors, provided suggestions regarding food safety, and continued providing information on aquaculture research outcomes to state officials, stakeholders and community members. SEANET, funded by the National […]
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A University of Maine researcher who is a national expert on terrorism research is part of the new National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and Education (NCITE) Center of Excellence at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The center is funded by a 10-year, $36 million grant from the United States Department of Homeland Security Science and […]
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Maine Public interviewed Andrew Crawley, assistant professor of regional economic development with University of Maine School of Economics, and Philip Trostel, professor of economics and public policy with the UMaine School of Economics and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, for the Maine Calling piece “Maine’s Economic Outlook: The Forecast for Economic Health Beyond the COVID-19 […]
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WVOM radio interviewed Alan Cobo-Lewis, associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, about the coronavirus pandemic for an episode of “GHRT Rewind.” Cobo-Lewis discussed COVID-19 case data, trends, the need for widespread testing to obtain accurate figures and the psychology of people during the outbreak. “The endgame is to eradicate (COVID-19), or to […]
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The Portland Press Herald referenced a turkey population study conducted by the University of Maine and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for the article “Hunters will not need to tag turkeys during Maine spring hunt this year.” The study, which began in 2018, involves the state IFW banding male wild turkeys to obtain […]
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