Editor’s note: Due to the weather as of Feb. 15, two campus presentations have been rescheduled. The updated dates and times are below. Four finalists for the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School will be on campus Feb. 15–24. Public presentations on the topic, “Vision of Research and Graduate Study in […]
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Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “The disappearance of Maine’s rusty patched bumblebee.” Drummond is the last known person to hold a Maine-born rusty patched bumblebee, according to the article. He held the bee in 2009 while his students collected […]
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Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, has been named one of 2016’s Top 25 Newsmakers by Engineering-News Record (ENR). The award will be formally presented in April in New York City. At that time, ENR also will announce which one of the Top 25 Newsmakers will receive […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WLBZ (Channel 2), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), Penobscot Bay Pilot and WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) reported on 2016 Maine drug overdose death figures released by the state attorney general’s office. Maine overdose deaths climbed for the fifth straight year, soaring nearly 40 percent to claim […]
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It’s a mystery that has puzzled University of Maine assistant professor of marine biology and aquaculture Heather Hamlin and the salmon farming industry in New England: the decline in egg survival. The survival rate of fertilized salmon eggs had been as high as 80 percent. But beginning in 2000, salmon embryos began dying in large […]
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NASA reported in its weekly recap that the crew of the International Space Station has installed a wireless leak detection system that was developed at the University of Maine. On a spacecraft, leaking air, fluids or gases can cause stability problems and jeopardize crew members’ safety, according to the article. Air leaks can cause ultrasonic […]
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A partnership between the University of Maine and a federal Economic Development Assessment Team (EDAT) is working to revive the state’s forest products industry, wrote U.S. Sen. Angus King in a Seacoast Online commentary, and the Portland Press Herald in a feature story and accompanying sidebar piece. In his commentary, King noted an EDAT report, […]
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A University of Maine doctoral candidate co-wrote an article that won the International Award for Excellence for The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Volume 8. Kisei Tanaka, who wrote “Climate Change, Conflict, and Moving Borders” with James Lee of American University, is affiliated with the Climate Change Institute and the Ecology and […]
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Philip Trostel, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Maine, wrote an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education titled, “Beyond the college earnings premium. Way beyond.” “Despite the rising cost, a college education is still practically a windfall-profit investment for most graduates,” Trostel wrote. “In 2012, Americans with bachelor’s degrees […]
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An organic grain grower from Benedicta, working with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Potato Board, is testing field peas, chickpeas and lentils, as possible third rotation crops for potato farmers in Aroostook County, the Bangor Daily News reported. The trials are taking place at Aroostook Farm, UMaine Extension’s potato research facility and […]
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