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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The Maine Government Summer Internship Program opened its 2018 session May 29 with 55 students interning with the state and with municipal governments. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine administers the program, which offers a full-time, 12-week, paid work experience to undergraduate and graduate students in all fields of study […]
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Inside Higher Ed published a list of new presidents and provosts at colleges and universities in the United States, including the University of Maine. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, the chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation, was chosen to be the president of UMaine and UMaine at Machias, the report states.
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An article in SeafoodSource on the Green Crab Working Summit in Portland, Maine June 6 and 7 quoted Angela Myracle, an assistant professor of human nutrition at the University of Maine, and Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias. As the Gulf of Maine warms, the European green […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Tora Johnson, an associate professor of geographic information systems (GIS) and environmental studies at the University of Maine at Machias, will discuss the current and future impacts of climate change at the Southwest Harbor Public Library from 5:30–7 p.m. June 12. Johnson will speak about climate change effects in the area […]
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Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, was quoted in an Associated Press article on the Green Crab Working Summit being held in Portland. Scientists, fishermen, chefs and others gathered at the event to brainstorm uses for the invasive crabs that are threatening New England’s shellfish industry, according […]
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The Associated Press cited Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, in the article, “As clam harvesting declines, could farming be the answer?” Fishermen have raked wild soft-shell clams in Maine and other states for hundreds of years, but threats such as growing populations of predators, like the […]
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Solutions to the green crab problem will be the focus of the two-day Green Crab Working Summit June 6–7 in Portland. Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, will provide an overview of green crab population dynamics. Denise Skonberg, an associate professor of food science and human nutrition […]
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The University of Maine at Machias student-produced film “Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction” has won a 2018 Award of Excellence in the Docs Without Borders Film Festival. The film was created in the first-ever Downeast Documentary course in 2017, led by professor Alan Kryszak. The film has been viewed more than 38,000 times on YouTube.
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