The University of Maine recognized 2,572 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2019 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,754 are from Maine, 743 are from 30 other states and 75 are from 31 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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Foster’s Daily Democrat covered a recent talk in Wells by Brian Beal, professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias. Beal shared information about an upcoming project in which wooden recruitment boxes will be used to protect young soft-shell clams on coastal flats from invasive European green crabs. Soft-shell clam landings across […]
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The University of Maine was included in a SeafoodSource story about Gov. Janet Mills’ 10-year strategic economic development plan to grow the state’s economy. Kingfish Zeeland, which is seeking to build a recirculating aquaculture system facility in Jonesport, Maine, recently announced a partnership with the state’s flagship University of Maine campus, according to the story. Kingfish […]
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The University of Maine will host the 74th Maine State Science Fair (MSSF) on Saturday, March 28 at the Alfond Arena. UMaine is a leading supporter of the Maine State Science Fair and is proud to host the 2020 event. Three hundred Maine high school students from more than 40 schools will present their original […]
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Blue mussels can change patterns of gene expression to make more proteins that help with heat stress and facilitate energy production. This ability makes wild blue mussels (genus Mytilus) somewhat resilient to higher ocean temperature, acidification and less food, says Sarah Kingston, a visiting professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of […]
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For generations, indigenous Wabanaki people hunted, caught fish, and harvested clams and oysters along the coast of what’s now called Maine. And they left behind middens — heaps of shells — that sometimes contain tools, ceramic shards and bones of animals. Alice Kelley and Bonnie Newsom are in a race against time and tides to […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has been awarded $38,764 by a one-year State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection Waste Diversion Grant to develop a statewide pilot program to recycle agricultural greenhouse plastic. The grant proposes that a voluntary recycling program can achieve a high percentage of grower participation, and affordably divert and recycle a […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host the inaugural Downeast Agriculture Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Jan. 18, at the Lee Pellon Center, 90 Main St., Machias. The snow date is Jan. 25. Both land- and sea-based production topics will be covered, including the future of Maine family blueberry farms, high tunnel crop […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a free program about making edible holiday gifts beginning 4-4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Porter Memorial Library in Machias. Classes meet each Tuesday through Dec. 17. “Family Gifts from the Kitchen” will focus on creating mixes using basic ingredients and learning healthy eating tips. Jars, ingredients and […]
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Barry Dana and Peter Neptune will demonstrate Wabanaki traditions at the Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Both men have participated in the annual public event — a collaboration with the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance — since its inception 25 […]
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