Darling Marine Center news

SEA Fellows Science Symposium scheduled for Aug. 9

Twenty-seven undergraduate and recent post-baccalaureate students from the University of Maine, University of Maine at Machias, University of Southern Maine, College of the Atlantic and 12 other institutions across the state and nation will share the results of their summer marine research at the 2022 SEA (Science for Economic Impact and Application) Fellows Symposium on […]

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Community invited to participate in shellfish discussion at Darling Marine Center

Interested community members are invited to join researchers and local students at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center for a conversation about emerging results of an ongoing community science program in the Damariscotta River estuary. The conversation will focus on the results from the first full year of the community science program studying shellfish […]

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Darling Marine Center annual science seminars continue July 29 and August 12

The Darling Marine Center will host its second and final annual science seminars from 10:30–11:15 a.m. on July 29 and Aug. 12.  On July 29, Damian Brady, professor of oceanography and associate director for research and graduate studies at the School of Marine Sciences, will discuss the development and future of scallop aquaculture in the […]

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PenBay Pilot features Darling Marine Center graduate students

The Penobscot Bay Pilot featured several UMaine graduate students who completed their work at the Darling Marine Center during the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic who have stayed to work in Maine after graduation. Struan Coleman studied the economics of scallop farming in Maine, which led him to working for an environmental research […]

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Darling Marine Center graduate students make their homes and futures in Maine

When he arrived at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in the summer of 2018, Struan Coleman did not expect to spend several years living in rural Maine. Coleman was recruited to Damian Brady’s research group and tasked with investigating the growth rates of oysters living in different parts of the Damariscotta River. The […]

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Sea Grant, DOE, NOAA Fisheries fund six projects for the coexistence of offshore energy with Northeast fishing and coastal communities

The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium — in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office, and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center — today announced six projects to advance social science and technology research on offshore renewable energy in the Northeast United States. This funding opportunity, first announced […]

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Photo of a student on a research vessel collecting samples of plankton from the water.

Darling Marine Center ready for a busy summer

Scientists, students and staff at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center are gearing up for a busy summer season. More than 20 undergraduate and high school student interns will participate in research projects this summer at the DMC’s Walpole campus and nearby field sites on topics ranging from the biology of oysters and lobsters […]

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Jennifer Smith-Mayo: Rethinking how we talk about science

Jennifer Smith-Mayo was in the United Kingdom filming a documentary about a Jesuit priest when she felt a calling.  Smith-Mayo had been working as a photographer and videographer for most of her professional life. Her resume is diverse, working for well-known outlets such as National Geographic and Down East in locations all over the world, […]

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Researchers highlight value of communicating across disciplines

Researchers highlight value of communicating across disciplines

Collaborating across different fields of study is an important element of addressing climate change and societal challenges. By looking at a particular multidisciplinary project, a group of University of Maine researchers showed how communication shapes collaboration in many different ways.  UMaine researchers from a range of disciplines — including anthropology, ecology and environmental science, genetics, […]

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