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Media cite Lobster Institute statistics in reports of split-colored lobster

USA Today, ABC News, UPI, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) and the Portland Press Herald cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine for a report about an orange and brown split-colored lobster that was found at the Pine Point Fisherman’s Co-Op in Scarborough. According to researchers at the institute, the chances […]

Maine Edge reports on student film to be shown at festival

The Maine Edge reported on a short film written and directed by Ryan Shelley, a graduate student in the Intermedia MFA program, that will be shown as part of the Maine Shorts series at the Maine International Film Festival. “Harvey’s Dream” is a 12-minute film based on the short story by Stephen King. The film […]

Dixon, Mayewski featured in ’Thin Ice’ on MPBN July 12

Paul Mayewski and Dan Dixon are on thin ice. Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, and Dixon, a research assistant professor with CCI, are featured in the shortened version of the award-winning film “Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science,” that MPBN will broadcast at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12. […]

Plourde designs free iPad app based on Borns’ map of Maine Ice Age Trail

Plourde designs free iPad app based on Borns’ map of Maine Ice Age Trail.

Student film part of Maine International Film Festival

“Harvey’s Dream,” a 12-minute film written and directed by Ryan Shelley, a graduate student from Gray, Maine, in the Intermedia MFA program, will have two screenings as part of the Maine Shorts series of the Maine International Film Festival. The film, based on the short story by Stephen King, will be shown at 9:15 p.m. […]

Science on tap: urchins, crabs and kelp in the Gulf of Maine

The University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) will host the Science on Tap Seminar series at the Newcastle Publick House on Wednesday evenings, from 6–7 p.m. The first Science On Tap Seminar will be presented by Dr. Bob Steneck on July 8. Where green sea urchins once roamed over a pavement of crustose coralline […]

Darling Marine Center hosts ‘Wednesday walking tours’

The University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) will host “Wednesday Walking Tours” for the months of July and August. The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will last approximately 90 minutes. Staff will give a walking tour of their waterfront laboratories and speak about current research projects focusing on lobster ecology and fisheries […]