Diatoms, sugar kelp, green crabs, lobsters and oysters are iconic organisms on our coast. Their roles in marine ecosystems, their importance as fished and cultured species and their responses to changing ocean conditions were topics of SEA Fellows’ research from Casco Bay to Eastport this summer. The third annual SEA Fellows Symposium featured the work […]
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The University of Maine is ranked No. 43 in the Student Voting category of the 2018 Washington Monthly College Rankings out this week. For the first time in its college rankings, Washington Monthly used four measures of a college’s commitment to encouraging voting by its students, all focused on the institution’s active participation in Tufts […]
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VillageSoup and The Free Press advanced a program about clams led by Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and the director of research at the Downeast Institute. The free program focuses on the basic biology, ecology and management of soft-shell clams, and their relationship to other organisms in […]
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A Mainebiz article on the potential uses for invasive green crabs mentioned research from the University of Maine. Food scientists at UMaine tested green crab empanadas last summer, and found that two-thirds of testers approved them, according to Mainebiz. The article also referenced a UMaine news release quoting Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology […]
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An exhibit of books and paintings of Barbara Toothpick and Alan Horseradish will be on display Aug. 3 through Sept. 28 in the University of Maine at Machias Art Gallery in Powers Hall. A free public opening reception will be held from 5–7 p.m., Aug. 3. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, […]
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The Machias Valley News Observer reported the University of Maine at Machias is a partner in a project to protect downtown Machias from increasing flooding events. The other partners are the Town of Machias and the Washington County Council of Governments. Members of the public learned about the Machias Waterfront Resilience & Renewal Study at […]
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Maine Public Television is rebroadcasting the University of Maine at Machias documentary “Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction” at 10 p.m. July 26 and 11 a.m. July 28. The film is a production of the UMM Down East documentary class, led by fine arts faculty member Alan Kryszak. It premiered at UMM Feb. 9, 2017. The […]
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The Portland Press Herald quoted Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, for an article on a new, more aggressive variant of invasive green crabs. As coastal currents carry these new crabs down into Maine waters from Nova Scotia, they pose an additional threat to soft-shell clams and […]
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The Coastal Journal quoted Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, and referenced University of Maine research in a report on the Green Crab Working Summit in Portland June 6–7. The summit brought together a variety of people from different research, business and consumer backgrounds to discuss creative […]
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WABI (Channel 5), News Center Maine and The Ellsworth American interviewed Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and the director of research at the Downeast Institute, for reports on the construction for a $6.6 million expansion to the institute. “What we do here at DEI is to try to […]
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