UMaine Researcher Finds Fruit Lowers Triglycerides
UMaine researcher finds fruit lowers triglycerides.
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History Professor Awarded Fulbright Canada Fellowship
Scott See, the Libra professor of history at the University of Maine, has been awarded a Fulbright Canada fellowship for research at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the 2013–2014 academic year. He will study the emergence of written Canadian history that portrays the country in a peaceful light. See’s research project, “Public Memory […]
Read moreCampground Surveys Focus on Firewood, Invasive Pests
In an effort to raise awareness about invasive forest pests, two University of Maine students will survey campers about their firewood use at Lamoine State Park and several private campgrounds on Mount Desert Island Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 22–24. Laura Brehm, an ecology and environmental sciences student, and Sally Peckenham, a nursing student, have been […]
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UMaine Forestry Researchers’ Study Gives Voice to Often Overlooked Group
UMaine forestry researchers’ study gives voice to often overlooked group.
Read moreAcheson’s Poverty Report Cited in BDN Article on Washington County Forum
The Bangor Daily News cited a Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center report written by Ann Acheson, a research associate for the center, in an article about the Poverty Institute forum hosted by the University of Maine at Machias. According to Acheson’s report, “Poverty in Maine,” 30 percent of children in Washington County live in poverty, […]
Read moreUMaine Scientists Monitor Environment for Power Company’s Project, BDN Reports
University of Maine scientists have been participating in the environmental monitoring of a Portland-based power company’s tidal power project, according to the Bangor Daily News. Ocean Renewable Power Co. seeks to harness and convert energy from tidal waters into electricity and deployed a turbine generator in Cobscook Bay about a year ago as part of […]
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Boston Globe Interviews Collins About Harmful Fruit Fly
The Boston Globe interviewed Judith Collins, assistant scientist at the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology, about a fruit fly that is threatening the state’s blueberry crop. Collins, who is working with a team on ways to attract the spotted wing drosophila away from blueberries on small farms, says the flies can cause […]
Read moreMills, Borns Talk to BDN About Salmon Decline in Maine rivers
Katherine Mills, a research scientist at the University of Maine and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), and Harold Borns, founder of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, were interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for the article “Climate, ecosystem linkages explain salmon declines in Maine rivers.” The article also referenced a study […]
Read moreFree Press Reports on UMaine’s Green Crab Paste Research
The Free Press reported University of Maine researchers are working to develop a food additive paste for fish made from invasive green crabs that have found their way into the Gulf of Maine and are threatening the state’s soft shell clam industry.
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