The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared a University of Maine news release describing a collaboration between the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and the University of Maine Farmington. Researchers at both campuses seek to establish an undergraduate internship program rooted in building a circular food system that encourages food recycling and value-added processing […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) have received a grant of $29,996 to facilitate development of a circular food system that promotes value-added processing of rural agricultural surplus and by-products to address food waste and food insecurity challenges. The project is funded by the University of Maine […]
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The Free Press promoted a new social justice initiative co-curated by Darren Ranco, a University of Maine professor of anthropology, chair of Native American Programs and member of the Penobscot Nation, which includes a panel discussion sponsored by the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at UMaine. “Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine,” an […]
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Eos reported on a study led by Dominic Winski, a faculty member with the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, that documents seasonal sea salt and sea ice variability in a South Pole ice core that reflects changes over the last 11,400 years. The study was published in Geophysical Research Letters.
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Penobscot Times shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a study of phytoplankton’s role in carbon cycling in the North Atlantic. University of Maine School of Marine Sciences faculty Emmanuel Boss, Lee Karp-Boss and Margaret Estapa, and UMaine research associate Sean O’Neill are part of a research expedition seeking to […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Rick Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, about lobsters produced in a laboratory through cell culture competing with wild, live-caught lobsters as a food source. Wahle said he believes that cultured lobsters will not impact the fishery in the near future. Centralmaine.com and the […]
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The Associated Press, Mainebiz, Q106.5 FM, CleanLink, WVII (Channel 7) and WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) reported that William DeSisto, a University of Maine professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, has received more than $370,000 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to continue development of an environmentally friendly disinfectant that kills SARS-CoV-2. The Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald, WGME (Channel 13 […]
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University of Maine researchers received financial awards from the Northern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) to conduct projects that tackle issues communities in the Northern Forest are facing. The funding that will support UMaine research endeavors derives from an overall $1.6 million investment from the NSRC for 13 projects across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New […]
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Mainebiz and 3D Printing Industry reported on Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, testifying during the Congressional hearing titled Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Resiliency, Part I: Protecting Our Nation’s Transportation Systems. Dagher spoke before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, […]
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The Washington Post interviewed Robert Steneck, a University of Maine professor of marine sciences, about calico lobsters. Steneck said it “might be close to correct” to say there is a 1-in-30-million chance of discovering a calico lobster. Smithsonian Magazine cited the Washington Post article in its report about calico and other unusual lobsters.
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