Robert Steneck, a professor of marine biology at the University of Maine, is one of the co-authors on a new study, “Designing a Blueprint for Coral Reef Survival,” published in the journal Biological Conservation. Lead author Joan Kleypas of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado was interviewed by National Public Radio for a story, […]
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A research team from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, including undergraduate and high school students, will spend the coming months recording the number, type and size of shellfish species at several sites along the upper Damariscotta River. They also will document local knowledge of the estuary held by fishermen and other local residents. […]
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A Forbes column aimed at providing a basic understanding of sustainability cited the University of Maine Office of Sustainability’s definition of the word. According to the office’s website, as cited in the column, “Sustainability is not just about renewable energy and energy efficiency … We must strive to achieve a sustainability state of mind that […]
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Centralmaine.com and the Lewiston Sun Journal advanced an announcement that the winners of the Focus on Real Aging in Maine photography contest will be announced June 4 in a Maine Gerontological Society Facebook Live event.
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Erin Vinson from the University of Maine serves as managing editor for an internationally recognized online journal that helps thousands of biology instructors in various undergraduate courses. The journal, CourseSource, will launch a new publication for physics curricula that Vinson, and others, will also help oversee. Recent Yidan Prize for Education Research recipient and 2001 […]
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News Center Maine spoke with Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, and former engineering students Cody Sheltra and Anthony Diba about the patented technology developed at UMaine and used in refurbishing the Grist Mill Bridge in Hampden. Diba is a design engineer at AIT Bridges in […]
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A Sun Journal column by Elliott Epstein noted that sustainability initiatives, such as those supported by the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, represent business opportunities for Maine.
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U.S. Sen. Susan Collins joined Maine Department of Transportation officials, University of Maine researchers, Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT) Bridges and industry partners at the Grist Mill Bridge in Hampden, Maine on May 21 to celebrate the groundbreaking research that is leading the country toward a sustainable, low-cost transportation system of the future. The 75-foot single-span […]
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The Laconia Daily Sun interviewed Marcella Sorg, about her work as a forensic anthropologist for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island. “I enjoy problem solving, each case is unique,” said Sorg, a University of Maine research professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center who also works with the Climate Change Institute. “I think […]
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CBS News talked with Andrew Pershing, a University of Maine associate professor with the Climate Change Institute, about warming trends in the northern Atlantic Ocean for a story about the Warming Stripes model of climate change. Pershing notes that the waters off the East Coast of the U.S., including the Gulf of Maine, are warming […]
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