Research

Honors College students to attend national conference in Seattle

Fifteen University of Maine Honors College students will attend the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Seattle, Oct. 13–16. Each will make at least one presentation, either on research conducted in collaboration with UMaine faculty mentors, or on Honors pedagogy and culture. Some of the students also will participate in panel and roundtable discussions. In […]

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Fly Rod & Reel cites Kinnison in article on saving ‘salter’ brook trout

Michael Kinnison, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Fly Rod & Reel magazine article about conserving brook trout known as “anadromous brook trout” or “salters.” The fish spawn in freshwater but don’t spend years at sea or undertake long migrations, according to the article. They frequently trade […]

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Sorg cited in Press Herald report on reducing opioid production

Marcella Sorg, an anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “DEA will cut amount of opioids produced in U.S. by at least 25 percent.” The Drug Enforcement Administration recently announced it will significantly reduce the amount of prescription […]

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Electronic textbook publishing available on Digital Commons

DigitalCommons@UMaine provides a format for publishing electronic books and monographs, offering an opportunity for faculty to incorporate the accessible and effective technology into the design of on-site and online courses. Publishing options include integrated cover images, chapter indexing, print on demand, online reading capability and full-text downloads. One example of an open-access monograph on Digital […]

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WABI interviews Ph.D. candidate developing climate resilience policy

WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Kimberley Rain Miner, an Earth and climate sciences Ph.D. student at the University of Maine, about her work developing policy to build climate resilience. For her doctorate, Miner is developing a framework to assess the threat of pesticides — including DDT and other persistent organic pollutants — that for years […]

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UMaine, biobased manufacturing research cited in Mainebiz 2016 NEXT profile

Mainebiz profiled Charlotte Mace, executive director of Biobased Maine, as part of its 2016 NEXT series on the 10 people changing Maine’s economy for the better. Mace is passionate about the emerging biobased manufacturing sector and its potential to create new opportunities for adding value to Maine’s forest resources, according to the article. “Virtually any […]

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UMaine Forest Green Endowment

Read transcript At the University of Maine, gifts can grow trees and the next generation of foresters. Meet Keith Kanoti, UMaine’s forest manager, and students Alexander Audet and Ben Thorne who gained hands-on experience this summer thanks to timber harvest from Green Endowment lands.

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UMaine, cross-laminated timber cited in Mainebiz 2016 NEXT profile

Mainebiz profiled Lucas St. Clair, president of the Portland-based Elliotsville Plantation Inc., as part of its 2016 NEXT series on the 10 people changing Maine’s economy for the better. St. Clair said he’s hoping to see the state’s economy diversify, using the millions of acres of trees for applications such as fabric, jet fuel and […]

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Central Valley Business Times reports on UC Davis, UMaine organic farming study

California-based Central Valley Business Times published a University of California, Davis news release announcing a nearly $2 million grant for a food-safety research project led by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and involving a multistate network of collaborators. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant will support studies needed […]

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Blue mussels

Researcher who discovered decline in blue mussels to talk at DMC

Cascade Sorte, a biologist who documented a massive decline in wild blue mussels in the Gulf of Maine, will present “Global change consequences and coping mechanisms in coastal marine systems” at noon Oct. 6 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Sorte found blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), a foundation species that influences […]

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