News Releases

New Study Links Social Anxiety and Dating Aggression

Psychology researchers find that fear of negative evaluation put young men at risk for increased aggression in romantic relationships.

UMaine Economist Part of National Energy Project

Researchers find fuels of the future will be cleaner and cheaper if the U.S. adopts a national Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

Oceanographer Testifies About Climate Change and Fisheries Management

Andrew Pershing, a biological oceanographer with the University of Maine and Gulf of Maine Research Institute, testified in a July 19 Congressional hearing about the need to consider the role of climate change in marine fisheries management. The hearing of the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs considered three bills, including HR 6096 […]

Handling the Effects of Abrupt Climate Change

A new graduate program funded by NSF will focus on the need to adapt policies and strategies to meet social and environmental needs.

Gulf of Maine Buoy System Awarded Grant to Continue Ocean Monitoring

Coastal, maritime and marine science communities, including researchers at the University of Maine, will benefit from federal funding of $2 million recently awarded to the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Observing Systems, known as NERACOOS. The Gulf of Maine buoy array operated by the University of Maine Physical Oceanography Group under the direction of UMaine […]

Discovery in the North Atlantic

Scientists find evidence of eddies triggering spring phytoplankton blooms in the subpolar ocean.

Ecologist Examining Loss of Native Bees

A four-state project comes as disappearing wild honey bee populations and dwindling commercial populations are impacting fruit and berry growers who rely on bees for crop pollination.

Cooperative Extension Conducting Organic Milk Research

UMaine is looking at ways to help dairy farmers meet the demands of the market.

Technology Research Center Opens in Old Town

New project will connect private industry with UMaine researchers in order to validate, demonstrate and help commercialize developing fuel, chemical and advanced material technologies from forest bioproducts.

World Affairs Through The Eyes of Interns

School of Policy and International Affairs degree program transports and transforms UMaine graduate students.

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