Krista Capps, a research assistant professor in the University of Maine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, is leading a project that aims to provide the foundation for greater understanding of urban rivers in developing countries. The project, “Mexican Urban Stream Ecology Collaboration (MUSE),” received a $60,690 grant from the National Science Foundation for […]
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The University of Maine’s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology (WFCB) formally recognized its new name and celebrated the department’s tradition of education and research at a recent event. The division, previously known as the Department of Wildlife Ecology, officially changed its name in September 2014 to better reflect its current graduate and undergraduate […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about Maine’s growing aquaculture industry. The article states fish farms are having an easier time getting loans from commercial lenders and are attracting capital from private equity investors, according to industry leaders and financial experts. Sebastian Belle, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture […]
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Sarah Nelson, a researcher with the George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine, spoke with Valley News for an article about high school students in Hartford, Vermont who are acting as citizen scientists to study the presence of mercury in the environment. Nelson, who studies environmental water quality issues, works […]
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David Neivandt, associate vice president for research and graduate studies and director of the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering at the University of Maine, was cited in a MaineToday Media story about the state lagging behind in hiring foreign technology workers. The story reported that, despite a shortage of technically skilled professionals in […]
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Peer-reviewed studies by University of Maine economics professor Todd Gabe were mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “Waterfront Concerts poised for biggest year to date, promoter tells Bangor business gathering.” Since the concert series began in 2010, it has held 75 events along the banks of the Penobscot River, according to the article. Gabe’s […]
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Research by Robert Milardo, a professor of family relations at the University of Maine, was cited in a News-Press parenting column about the important role aunts and uncles play in children’s lives. Milardo’s writings show aunts and uncles help parents care for their children, give parents breaks and lend advice to both children and adults, […]
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The University of Maine’s offshore wind efforts were mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Top 10 Maine business stories of 2014.” In May, the University of Maine’s offshore wind project was selected as an alternate by the U.S. Department of Energy for its next phase of the Advanced Technology Demonstration Program. The UMaine project […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Warren Riess, a research associate professor of history, anthropology and marine sciences at the University of Maine, about his new book, “The Ship That Held Up Wall Street.” When an 18th-century ship was unearthed during a 1982 pre-construction dig in Lower Manhattan, Riess was called in to find […]
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The Mount Desert Islander reported Rhian Waller, an associate research professor at the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, will speak about coral gardens that were discovered in the Gulf of Maine. Waller was part of a team of researchers that used a remotely controlled submersible vehicle during the summer to find the dense […]
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