A blog chronicling the recent international teaching experience of two professors in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences is now available online. Lee Karp-Boss and Emmanuel Boss just returned from teaching in the Sentinel North International Ph.D. School at the Université Laval in Québec City, Canada July 12–24. Students and mentors from 12 […]
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Short- and long-term depressive symptoms can predict the occurrence of cardiovascular events, according to a new study by University of Maine researchers. In addition, short-term or baseline depressive symptoms increase risk for cardiovascular events for up to 15 years, and chronic depressive symptoms for up to 10 years. The study by the UMaine research team […]
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A team of University of Maine researchers has been awarded $1.17 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop and test land management practices to protect Maine forest workers from exposure to tick-borne diseases. The three-year project, “Developing adaptive forest management practices to mitigate impacts of climate change on human health,” is being led […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Fish Information and Services, The Weekly Packet, The Ellsworth American and the Associated Press reported several research projects at the University of Maine will receive funding obtained by the Maine Department of Marine Resources from the sale of lobster license plates. The funding will go to five UMaine projects led by […]
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WABI (Channel 5), News Center Maine, WVII (Channel 7) and Engineering.com reported on the July 12 reveal and testing of a composite bridge project at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The event was a test of the bridge’s capacities, with a goal to load the bridge with up to 120,000 pounds without […]
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The University of Maine unveiled an innovative, rapidly deployable bridge system Thursday, July 12 at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Engineers, Maine Department of Transportation officials, business leaders, investors, researchers, staff and representatives from Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (UMaine’s licensee for the original “Bridge-in-a-Backpack”) attended the event, at which a composite bridge girder was strength-tested […]
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EurekAlert, ScienceDaily and Technology Networks carried a University of Maine news release about a paper by researchers, including lead author Joshua Stoll of the School of Marine Sciences and the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, focusing on global trade related to the lobster industry. The paper maps the global trade routes for lobster, focusing on the obscured […]
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The Bangor Daily News previewed a talk by Amber Roth, an assistant professor of forest wildlife management. Her talk, “Birdscaping Your Yard,” will focus on planning and other aspects of landscaping, keeping birds and their habitats in mind. It will take place at Moore Community Center on State Street in Ellsworth at 7 p.m. Sept. […]
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In a paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science, researchers, including lead author Joshua Stoll of the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences and the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, map the global trade routes for lobster and quantify the effect they have on obscuring the relation between those who catch the valuable crustacean […]
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The 5-Minute Genius videos from this year’s Maine Science Festival are online. The playlist includes the presentations of two members of the University of Maine community — Andrew Thomas of the School of Marine Sciences, talking about “Tracking Ocean Climate Change,” and Sharon Klein of the School of Economics on “The Many Sciences of Solar […]
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