Kreutz, Students Part of Ice Core Team That Links Abrupt Temperature Changes in Arctic, Antarctic
Kreutz, students part of ice core team that links abrupt temperature changes in Arctic, Antarctic.
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New Media Students Develop Fall Detection Device for Older Adults
University of Maine seniors in the New Media Department are developing a fall detection device for older adults to use outside their homes. Benjamin Herold-Porter of Biddeford, Maine, and Heather Anderson of Jonesboro, Maine, have created a prototype that can detect when the person wearing the device has fallen and automatically text a programmed cell […]
Read morePress Herald Reports on UMaine Business Challenge Winner
The Portland Press Herald reported University of Maine Ph.D. student Nadir Yildirim and UMaine alumnus Alexander Chasse won the 2015 UMaine Business Challenge for their company that aims to develop forest-based, environmentally friendly materials for the construction, insulation and food-packaging industries. Yildirim, a student in the Wood Science and Technology Program in the School of […]
Read moreUMaine Ph.D. Student Wins UMaine Business Challenge
University of Maine Ph.D. student Nadir Yildirim won first place at the 2015 UMaine Business Challenge for his company that aims to develop eco-friendly, recyclable and reusable products for several industries. Yildirim, a student in the Wood Science and Technology Program in the School of Forest Resources, received $5,000 to further develop his business, Revolution […]
Read moreVolunteers Sought for Bee Census Project, AP Reports
The Associated Press reported Maine officials are looking for volunteers to help with the Maine Bumble Bee Atlas project to document bee range and abundance. A Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife spokesman said the project is important because of significant declines in some species since the 1990s, according to the article. The project […]
Read moreMaine Edge, Weekly Report on Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase Winners
The Maine Edge and The Weekly published a University of Maine news release announcing the winners of the sixth annual Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase. The event, sponsored by UMaine’s Center for Undergraduate Research, was open to any undergraduate at the university and featured 121 presentations from 229 students in the form of posters, oral […]
Read moreBDN Covers Lamb Birth, Related Research at Witter Farm
The Bangor Daily News covered the birth of a lamb at the University of Maine’s J. Franklin Witter Teaching and Research Center. Students in the Animal and Veterinary Sciences Program provided care during and after the birth. James Weber, associate professor in the School of Food and Agriculture and the university’s attending veterinarian, is coordinating […]
Read moreStartup Located at CCAR Awarded $1M in Grants, Press Herald Reports
The Portland Press Herald reported Acadia Harvest, a startup company that is developing a land-based, indoor fish farm to raise black sea bass and California yellowtail, recently was awarded two grants. The company, which is located at the University of Maine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin, was awarded $657,000 from the National […]
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Skonberg, Student Team With Company to Study Aquacultured Seaweed Products
University of Maine associate professor Denise Skonberg and graduate student Dhriti Nayyar are working with a Bristol company to study the shelf life and nutritional values of aquacultured sea vegetable products. Maine Fresh Sea Farms, a startup based on the Damariscotta River, is one of five Maine companies to share $471,571 in Value Added Producer […]
Read moreMayewski Delivers Keynote at Emergency Management Conference, Media Report
Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute (CCI) at the University of Maine, gave the keynote address at the seventh annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference in Augusta, according to media reports. The two-day event focuses on climate change implications for the state. The Kennebec Journal covered Mayewski’s talk that focused on the […]
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