Lad Leads Team Developing Instruments to Operate in Extreme Industrial Environments
Lad leads team developing instruments to operate in extreme industrial environments.
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UMaine Student Talks to Down East Magazine About Bird Migration Research
Adrienne Leppold, a Ph.D. student in Rebecca Holberton’s Lab of Avian Biology at the University of Maine, spoke with Down East magazine about her research on songbird migration in the Gulf of Maine. Leppold and Holberton are among more than two dozen researchers in the U.S. and Canada who are working together through the Northeast […]
Read morePress Herald Cites Former UMaine Student’s Water Clarity Study
Former University of Maine graduate student Ian McCullough’s study of water clarity in Maine lakes was cited in a Portland Press Herald story about lake quality decline. The paper covered the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s report titled “Troubled Waters” that indicates programs to protect lakes have been eliminated due to cuts in staffing and […]
Read moreMedia Report on UMaine’s Defense of Confidential Offshore Wind Project Proposal
Yahoo Finance, The Sacramento Bee, WLBZ (Channel 2) and Boston.com were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press report that states despite increasing pressure from lawmakers and environmental groups, lawyers for the University of Maine and Maine Aqua Ventus said the detail of the proposed offshore wind project must be kept secret as […]
Read moreSyracuse TV Station Cites UMaine Hazing Study
The University of Maine’s National Study on Student Hazing was cited in a News Channel 9 WSYR (Syracuse, N.Y.) report on hazing following the suspension of the men’s lacrosse team at Cornell University and the boy’s cross-country team at Baldwinsville High School in Baldwinsville, N.Y. The UMaine study found 61 percent of male college students […]
Read moreMedia Report on Increased Calls to Release Offshore Wind Plan Details
The Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News were among news organizations to report an increase in calls to the Public Utilities Commission to release details of the University of Maine’s offshore wind project proposal. The two chairmen of the committee that oversees energy issues in the Maine Legislature were the latest to publicly ask for […]
Read moreBloomberg Businessweek Article Cites UMaine Hazing Study
The University of Maine’s National Study on Student Hazing was cited in a Bloomberg News article on the suspension of Cornell University’s men’s lacrosse program following a hazing incident two years after the death of a sophomore led the school to ban hazing. The study found more than half of all U.S. college students in […]
Read moreGabe’s Film Study Cited in BDN Article
A Bangor Daily News article on increased movie making in Maine cited an economic impact report on film production and photography in the state by Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine. The study found the Maine film and photography sectors generate an annual statewide economic contribution of $117.7 million in output […]
Read moreUMaine Study Cited in WLBZ Article on Boothbay Land Trust Trails
A University of Maine study done for the Boothbay Region Land Trust was cited in the WLBZ (Channel 2) article “Boothbay Land Trust trails lure tourists.” The study estimates more than 13,000 people use the trails annually — many of them tourists and summer residents — and visitors spend more than $70 per day in […]
Read moreMedia Report on LePage Administration, UMaine Offshore Wind Project Proposal
Kennebec Journal, Times Union and Sun Journal were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press report on documents that show Gov. Paul LePage’s administration worked to derail Statoil’s agreement with the state for an offshore wind project, paving the way for the University of Maine to submit a proposal. The Maine Public Broadcasting Network also […]
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