Research conducted by Rick Wahle, a marine scientist at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center; and Andrew Goode, who earned a bachelor’s degree in marine sciences in 2016; was cited in an Ellsworth American article about horseshoe crabs. The “living fossils” have survived unchanged for eons, but lately their numbers have diminished, according to […]
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Read transcript Over the last year, Rhian Waller, associate professor of marine science at the University of Maine, has been to the ends of the Earth to study how changing oceans are affecting cold-water corals and what those changes may eventually mean in places like the Gulf of Maine. Waller’s research team included three undergraduate […]
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Josh Stoll, an ecology and environmental sciences Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on “Blue Fish Radio,” an Outdoor Canada podcast about the future of fish and fishing in Canada. Stoll, founder of LocalCatch.org and the Walking Fish Cooperative, spoke about the importance of community-supported fishing and how new fishing […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a fact sheet published by The White House, titled “Obama Administration Announces Clean Energy Savings for All Americans Initiative.” UMaine was listed among 25 members of the administration’s National Community Solar Partnership that have new commitments to deploy nearly 145 MW of community solar, including projects to scale […]
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A 2003 University of Maine study led by psychology professors Douglas Nangle and Cynthia Erdley was cited in the Huffington Post blog entry, “13 life lessons all parents should teach their kids.” Under the lesson, “Value your BFFs,” the article cited the UMaine study of 193 third- through sixth-graders. The researchers found having one or […]
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Jake Ward, the University of Maine’s vice president for innovation and economic development, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Old Town leaders consider $3M bond to buy defunct mill land, warehouses.” City leaders are working toward purchasing the 40-acre defunct mill site along the Penobscot River, which is owned by a consortium of […]
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Research conducted at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions was featured in SSPP Blog, the weekly blog of the journal Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy. The blog post, “The Cooperative University: An Emerging Model?” includes quotes from center director David Hart, as well as information on work led by […]
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Penn State Abington and Brandywine general engineering students used a mobile telepresence robot — an iPad attached to a self-balancing vehicle — to collaborate with students at the University of Maine, according to a Penn State news release. For the project, Abington/Brandywine students remotely operated the robot at the PopTech Conference in Camden, Maine, where […]
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Recent graduate Noelle Leon-Palmer says the University of Maine provided her a rewarding college experience in the classroom studying biology and writing an honors thesis, as well as on the field as a member of the women’s soccer team. Leon-Palmer, of Ajax, a town in Ontario, Canada, graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in […]
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The University of Maine-led New England Aqua Ventus I floating offshore wind pilot project was profiled in the Renewable Energy article, “Are floating turbines the future of wind energy?” There are currently dozens of pilot projects testing floating turbines — which consist of a wind turbine mounted on a buoyant structure — capable of generating […]
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