Coral communities are frequently associated with warm, shallow tropical waters. Yet corals survive and thrive in both deep and cold waters of regions such as the Gulf of Maine, the Arctic and the Antarctic. Just like tropical corals, cold-water corals play an important role in creating habitats that support thousands of species of ocean creatures.
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Two University of Maine faculty members have been selected for awards of excellence for recent textbooks. Steven Hornsby, director of the University of Maine Canadian-American Center and professor of geography and Canadian studies, has received the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation’s Publication of the Year Award for his 2011 book “Surveyors of Empire: […]
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WNYC, a New York City radio station, listed the 18th century ship excavated by the World Trade Center site by UMaine marine archaeologist Warren Riess in a feature called “The Story of New York in 10 Objects.” Riess said New York City was developed with trading vessels such as the one he unearthed. Contact: Jessica […]
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A report about a project that includes UMaine research into home energy savings was noted in a Portland Regional Chamber report on the Bangor Daily News website. The project involves Nathan Weise, a UMaine professor of electrical and computer engineering, and a team of students who will collaborate with the Blue Hill-based company PowerWise to […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed by U.S. News and World Report for a story about Angus King’s chances to win the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by the retiring Olympia Snowe. Brewer said King, the former Maine governor, is the current front-runner. The story also appeared in the Chicago Tribune. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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A column by Justin Martin, a UMaine CLAS-Honors preceptor of journalism, about news organizations’ online sharing practices was posted on the Columbia Journalism Review website. Martin wrote that news organizations typically must share some free content in order to maximize online advertising and make paywalls most effective, but too many influential news organizations never properly […]
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Herbert Maccoby, former professor and chair of the University of Maine Department of Sociology from 1971 to 1985, died Feb. 26, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. He was 89 years old.
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Andrew Plant, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about the effects of rising fuel prices on Maine farms. Plant said Maine has a lot of forest capacity and unused agricultural land which could be producing anything from grasses for heating to biogas to anaerobic digesters for […]
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The Portland Press Herald quoted University of Maine Cooperative Extension plant pathologist Bruce Watt in an article about Boxwood Blight, a fungus that defoliates the boxwood plant. Although the blight is not yet in Maine, it is likely to arrive soon, and Watt said he is hesitant to recommend that people plant boxwood in the […]
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A Bangor Daily News report on drug running along the I-95 corridor noted studies of drug-related mortality patterns in Maine done by Marcella Sorg, a UMaine forensic anthropologist who is also the state’s anthropologist and works in the state medical examiner’s office. Sorg told the BDN Friday that oxycodone, methadone and benzodiazepines are the primary […]
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