Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, spoke with Eos about floating offshore wind energy research involved in VolturnUS and New England Aqua Ventus. “We formed the very first university-based research team on floating wind technologies,” he said.
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted Allessandro Mereghetti’s analysis of coprolites — also called fossilized feces — from Siberia that date back to the last ice age. These coprolites, according to the Ph.D. student in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will give insights into which animals lived there more […]
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Aquaculture North America interviewed Ian Bricknell, professor of aquaculture biology at the University of Maine, about emerging parasites among fish. “Aquatic parasites cost global finfish aquaculture around $9.6 billion a year and sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus rogercresseyi) represent around 11.5% of that,” said Bricknell.
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The Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com highlighted an upcoming talk hosted by the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions about some of the challenges faced by municipal governments and how municipalities can help implement state policy priorities. The talk will be held from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29, via Zoom […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will welcome more than 150 researchers, policy makers and coastal community partners to a blue economy virtual discussion at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 18. The event will focus on the challenges and opportunities for Maine in the blue economy and how Maine’s public research university factors into solutions. Heather […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine was awarded a $99,894 grant to investigate using fertilizers, pollination and soil amendments to bolster wild blueberry resilience to global warming. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant program.
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WCVB (Channel 5 in Boston) reported on University of Maine-affiliated lobster research. The program explored research conducted at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm that was funded by the UMaine Lobster Institute. It also featured Marin Skincare, a startup founded by UMaine alumni Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding that sells a specialty skincare product made with […]
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The Associated Press reported on University of Maine scientists receiving $400,000 to expand research into baby lobsters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative awarded the funds, which will help researchers, including UMaine Lobster Institute director Rick Wahle, investigate the relationship between baby lobster’s food supply and both changes in ocean […]
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The Sun Journal, Centralmaine.com and The Irregular promoted an upcoming talk about how storytelling can inform collaboration and vice versa hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine. Register on the event webpage.
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about how storytelling can inform collaboration and vice versa from 3–4 p.m. on Nov. 22. Storytelling has been around for as long as human history. While scientists traditionally use storytelling to communicate their findings, it is also […]
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