University of Maine dragonfly research was mentioned in a Benito Link article about Pinnacles National Park in California. Volunteers there took part in dragonfly nymph sampling, which is part of a nationwide project between the National Park Service, United States Geological Survey and the University of Maine. The project, according to the article, includes citizen […]
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The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization about criminal justice, cited a 2008 University of Maine study in the article, “Does college hazing defy the laws it spawned?” The study, which was conducted by researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, found that more than half of college students involved with student organizations experience hazing, according […]
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University of Maine research was included in the Audubon article, “The saltmarsh sparrow is creeping dangerously close to extinction.” The report mentioned the Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program (SHARP), a scientific task force that spans the Atlantic coast and includes UMaine researchers. Mo Correll, a postdoctoral researcher with UMaine, has spent the past six […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, spoke with TODAY for the report, “‘I don’t think this is for me’: 7 reasons why people choose to be childfree.” Blackstone spoke about a recent study she co-wrote with UMaine graduate Mahala Stewart, titled “There’s More Thinking to Decide: How the Childfree Decide Not […]
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Scallop gonads may seem like fun and games to Skylar Bayer given that her missing samples landed her on “The Colbert Report” in 2013. But scallops are no laughing matter to Bayer. “When I was deciding on a Ph.D. project to pursue, I chose to work on a species that is commercially important and relevant […]
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University of Maine oceanographer Robert Steneck’s research on coral reef health in the Dominican Republic was cited in an article in Diario Libre, a newspaper in the Caribbean country. Steneck and collaborators assessed the state of the island’s corals using indicators of reef health, including abundance of algal cover, adult corals, juvenile corals and parrotfish. […]
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Read transcript In order to graduate from the University of Maine with a degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, students must participate in a public service project to fulfill their capstone requirement. This year, one of seven capstone projects was to design and build an off-road wheelchair for Cody O’Brion and his family. O’Brion suffered a […]
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Read transcript For the last 30 years, Drummond, professor of insect ecology at the University of Maine, has studied the biology, ecology, disease susceptibility and pesticide exposure of Maine’s 275 native species of bees, as well as the millions of commercial honey bees annually trucked into the state to aid in crop pollination. He has […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the second annual Aging Initiative Workshop at the University of Maine. The workshop was hosted by UMaine’s Office of the Vice President for Research and the Center on Aging to connect faculty and staff across disciplines and professions from all seven University […]
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The Associated Press, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, WLBZ (Channel 2) and Bangor Daily News cited Marcella Sorg, a research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, in a report about a continued increase in overdose deaths in the state. According to officials, Maine is on pace to set another […]
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