Research

Media Report on Nearly $1M Energy Grant Awarded to UMaine, Partners

Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, WABI (Channel 5), and Portland Press Herald were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press article on a nearly $1 million energy grant from the National Science Foundation that was awarded to the University of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy and two partner organizations. The funding will help develop […]

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UMaine Researchers Present at Climate Change Conference, Media Report

Robert Steneck, professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine’s Darling Center, and Andrew Pershing, professor in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute at UMaine, were among about 100 scientists, fisheries managers and commercial fishermen to attend an Island Institute-hosted symposium in Portland on climate change and fisheries. Steneck and Pershing […]

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AP Reports on Research into Superstorm Sandy’s Effects on Tidal Marshes

The Washington Post, Boston Herald, Wall Street Journal, Newsday and Portland Press Herald were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press article on research being conducted by the University of Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Connecticut and University of Delaware on the effects of Superstorm Sandy on plant […]

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FIS, BDN Report on UMaine Student’s Cannibal Lobster Research

FIS, the website of Fish Information and Services, and the Bangor Daily News are among the latest organizations to report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine, that suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. Oppenheim came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera […]

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Blueberry Lovers Wanted for Research

University of Maine researchers are seeking 50 volunteers to eat fresh Maine wild blueberries grown under four different types of agricultural practices, including organic. The taste test takes place 3–5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 31 in the Consumer Testing Center at 168 Hitchner Hall on the UMaine campus. Volunteers will receive $5 cash for participation in […]

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Media Report on UMaine, UNH Beach Research Project

The Associated Press and Foster’s Daily Democrat reported on a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the University of Maine and University of New Hampshire to conduct a three-year study to research how beaches and shellfish beds are closed due to bacteria. The project, known as the New England Sustainability Consortium, is […]

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Gabe’s Waterfront Concerts Study Cited BDN Editorial

A Bangor Daily News editorial titled “Turn up the volume on compromise” cites a study by Todd Gabe, University of Maine economics professor. Gabe’s study found Bangor’s Waterfront Concerts have generated more than $30 million in local spending in the first three years.

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