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WVII Covers Aging Initiative Workshop

WVII (Channel 7) reported on an Aging Initiative Workshop hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research at the Buchanan Alumni House. Organizers said Maine’s 65 and older population is growing at a rate three times faster than those under 65, meaning now is the time to use resources to plan for the […]

UPI Reports on Golet’s Bluefin Tuna Research

United Press International (UPI) published an article on a study led by Walter Golet, assistant research professor in the School of Marine Sciences and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. Golet and his team recently published a paper in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series that outlined how the overall condition (fat content) of Atlantic […]

UMaine Bee Population Research Cited in Examiner.com Article

Research being conducted at the University of Maine was mentioned in an Examiner.com article about a swarm of 15,000 honey bees that recently descended upon Capitol Hill. The bees had been out of their nest looking for a new, larger home, according to the article. A group of UMaine researchers have undertaken a project to […]

Weekly Publishes Release on Steneck’s Coral Reef Address in Dominican Republic

The Weekly published a University of Maine news release about University of Maine marine scientist Bob Steneck delivering a coral reef address on World Oceans Day in the Dominican Republic. Steneck encouraged Dominican Republic officials and stakeholders to preserve and improve coral reefs — what he calls the tropical rainforests of the sea — in […]

Gallandt, EPSCoR Cited in BDN Article on John Bapst Grad

The Bangor Daily News published a feature article on Diego Grossmann, a recent John Bapst Memorial High School graduate. Grossmann was accepted to Bowdoin College, but plans to take a year off between high school and college to volunteer abroad with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, an organization that pairs volunteers with farms around […]

Mayewski to Speak at Arctic Education Event in Castine, Ellsworth American Reports

The Ellsworth American reported Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, is scheduled to speak at an educational event focused on the Arctic and climate change in Castine. The Maine Chapter of the Fulbright Association will host a morning of presentations on the Arctic, climate change and the Fulbright […]

Phys.org Publishes Releases on Honey Bee, Bluefin Tuna Research

Phys.org picked up two University of Maine releases about current research projects. “Hungry bluefin tuna in a sea of plenty,” focuses on a study led by Walter Golet, assistant research professor in the School of Marine Sciences and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. In a paper in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series, the […]