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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Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Climate change to have drastic effects on Gulf of Maine lobster, clam fisheries.” Recent research suggests Maine’s soft-shell clam industry could collapse unless steps are taken to protect the fishery from green […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, for reports on the state’s soft-shell clam industry. Beal, who also serves as director of the Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education, has worked over the past few years […]
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Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and director of research at the Downeast Institute, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “How Maine can save its historic clamming industry.” Beal wrote the article with Chad Coffin, a clammer and president of the Maine Clammers […]
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