Thirteen students and two professors from the University of Maine spent the final week of May on Swan’s Island doing community service projects and taking in the island’s natural and cultural attractions as part of a unique May Term travel-study course. When Annette Nelligan and Laura Cowan met last fall at a seminar on service […]
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The Portland Press Herald cited several University of Maine researchers in the article, “Maine’s parks are fertile places for research.” Sarah Nelson, an associate research professor in the School of Forest Resources, spoke about her research in Acadia National Park. Nelson, who began studying mercury and acid rain chemistry as a graduate student, started sampling […]
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The winter/spring issue of Maine Policy Review, published by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, is available in print and online. The cover story on solid waste management was written by a team of seven researchers from the University of Maine and the University of Southern Maine, led by Cindy Isenhour, UMaine assistant professor of […]
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For many Mainers, ice-skating and snowmobiling weren’t part of last December’s holiday break. There was open water on lakes and green grass throughout much of the state as daytime high temperatures reached into the 50s. In fact, December 2015 through February 2016 — the meteorological winter — was the warmest or near warmest on record […]
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James Dill, pest management specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article titled “Leaf cover appears to help deer ticks survive winter, Maine researchers report.” The two-year study, led by researchers at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute “tick lab” explained that by overwintering beneath leaves, deer […]
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Rick Wahle, a marine scientist at the University of Maine, and Robert Bayer, executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, were quoted in the National Observer article, “New England lobsters swim to Canada, bringing jobs with them.” Warming waters off the Atlantic coast are driving lobsters north, disrupting fisheries, according to the article that was part […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Mainebiz article, “Fed science, engineering funding up for first time in five years.” According to the article, federal agencies increased overall science and engineering funding by 6 percent in fiscal year 2014 to $30.8 billion spread across 996 academic institutions. The data from the National Science Foundation’s […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Merrill “Pete” Elias, a University of Maine professor of psychology and cooperating professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, about a recent study that found chocolate intake is associated with better cognitive function. Elias was part of a team that included researchers from the University of […]
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LancasterOnline (based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) cited a 2008 University of Maine study in the article, “Anti-hazing policies already in place among Lancaster County public schools; New law makes it a misdemeanor.” The study, which was conducted by researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, found that nearly half of all college students experienced hazing before […]
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Research conducted at the University of Maine was mentioned in an East County Magazine article about the health benefits of berries — specifically strawberries, blueberries raspberries and blackberries. The article cited a UMaine study that suggests blueberries can protect against memory loss.
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