The Associated Press reported a delegation of scientists and industry officials from Japan are visiting the University of Maine for a three-day conference on tidal power. The 11 visitors will attend the Marine Energy International Symposium from Monday through Wednesday. The conference is a collaborative exchange between Maine Tidal Power Initiative researchers and Japanese institutions. […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for the analysis “Is LePage’s recent focus on welfare reform a preview of his top 2014 campaign theme?” Brewer said he thinks recent arguments by the Republican Party around welfare reform are pre-staging the 2014 elections. The article […]
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An 11-member delegation of scientists and industry officials from Japan, including the president of Hirosaki University, will be at the University of Maine Sept. 16–18 for the second Marine Energy International Symposium. UMaine President Paul Ferguson and Hirosaki University President Kei Sato will open the symposium, designed to be a collaborative exchange between researchers in […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed former University of Maine researcher Ian McCullough about a study he co-authored on Maine water quality. The study analyzed data from 547 lakes and large ponds throughout the state and found water clarity — which is a strong indicator of water quality — is declining. McCullough said although the […]
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In the wake of dramatic glacier retreat and ice shelf collapses on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, a University of Maine marine scientist will explore how Antarctic corals, which provide habitat for thousands of connected species, cope with warming ocean water. Rhian Waller, an associate research professor in the School of Marine Sciences, received a National […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WVII (Channel 7) and the Penobscot Bay Pilot reported University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone will appear on the Sept. 16 episode of Katie Couric’s talk show. In August, Blackstone traveled to New York City to talk to Couric about her expertise — both personal and through research — on childfree adults.
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A Scientific American article titled “The mind-boggling math of migratory beekeeping” cites research conducted by Frank Drummond, a University of Maine entomologist and blueberry pollination expert, and his colleagues. Drummond’s research, which was conducted among flowering blueberry bushes, determined a honey bee forages for four hours and visits an average of 1,200 flowers a day.
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University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone shares her expertise about childfree adults with Katie Couric on an upcoming broadcast of Katie. Blackstone says producers of the talk show are 99 percent sure the show will air Sept. 16. The associate professor and chair of UMaine’s sociology department says it was rewarding to discuss sociological research […]
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University of Maine Professor David J. Neivandt has been named director of the UMaine Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE), effective Sept. 1. Neivandt was named to the post by UMaine Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Jeffrey Hecker. Neivandt replaces Carol Kim, who was named UMaine Vice President for Research […]
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The Press Herald article “What are these animals telling us?” about sentinel species and what they reveal about the effects of pollutants, includes quotes from University of Maine researchers. Sarah Nelson, a biological geochemist at UMaine; Andrew Pershing, a research scientist at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and UMaine professor; and Jeff Runge, biological […]
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