UMaine News

Comments from UMaine Prof. Rebecca Holberton, leader of the Gulf of Maine’s Northeast Regional Migration Monitoring Network, were included in a Maine Public Radio report about a new report documenting the migratory patterns of certain bird species off the Maine coast.  Holberton notes that the study is important to helping scientists identify the species that […]

A newly published article in the national Fish Farming News aquaculture newspaper about the MSX oyster disease outbreak in the Damariscotta River that threatens Maine’s million-dollar oyster industry included an interview with Debbie Bouchard, UMaine researcher and manager of the Maine Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory. Bouchard says that while this parasitic disease isn’t new to […]

UMaine’s growing number out-of-state students was mentioned in a Connecticut Post story about the intersection of admission standards and high rates of accepted out-of-state students at the University of Connecticut. UMaine’s out-of-state student body is growing, according to the article, with about 17 percent of the student body coming from outside Maine.

Sargentville author Jessica Kerwin Jenkins told the Bangor Daily News she used UMaine’s Fogler Library to research her book “The Encyclopedia of the Exquisite.” According to the story, Jenkins’ book is about more than 100 wondrous, delightful individuals, objects and ideas that make life a little more fantastic.