For thousands of years, shipworms — a family of mollusks found in oceans — sank wooden vessels, ravaged wharfs and shipwrecked sailors. They even devastated the Spanish Armada in the 16th century. Exactly how they have been able to wreak such havoc has remained a mystery, until now. A new study published in the journal […]
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Mainebiz covered a five-day training program hosted by the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center to help participants gain hands-on experience in aquaculture business. Held for the first time from May 20-24, the program had 22 participants that included farm owners, farmhands, apprentices and students in aquaculture workforce programs. It was free of charge and […]
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Aaron Weiskittel, a professor of forest biometrics and modeling at the University of Maine, was featured in a segment of the Maine Science podcast, produced by the Maine Discovery Museum, for his research into regional forest structure and composition. The podcast focused on the research attempts by Weiskittel, who is also the director of the […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) highlighted a four-year initiative led by the University of Maine to bolster STEM research capacity and education from Kittery to Fort Kent and dismantle systemic barriers to innovation. Maine-SMART, backed by an $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation, will support over 200 early career faculty and 2,500 graduate […]
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The Washington Post interviewed University of Maine associate professor of terrestrial paleoecology Jacquelyn Gill on using the term “Anthropocene,” which defines the age of irreversible human impacts on the planet, in light of a decision by geologists to not mark Anthropocene as an official period in Earth’s geological timeline. “We all as a community of […]
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ABC News and News Center Maine interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of the University of Maine’s Department of Political Sciences, on the election race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Republican candidate will face a three-term incumbent Democrat in November. Brewer said gun control is a major factor […]
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Bernard Lown, who graduated from the University of Maine in 1942, was honored as the subject of a new portrait from the “Americans Who Tell the Truth” series by artist Robert Shetterly for his commitment to serving humanity. Maine Public, the Sun Journal and CounterPunch reported on the unveiling event at Bates Mill in Lewiston, […]
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A study from the Maine Education Policy Research Institute at the University of Maine was cited in a report from the Bangor Daily News on student preparedness and math and reading test scores in primary and secondary institutions. The study surveyed 58 elementary schools in Maine to explore the programs and materials used for reading […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) highlighted the collaboration between teachers in Belfast and the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education at the University of Maine, which was funded by a $1.35 million grant from the National Science Foundation. As part of the collaboration, Belfast Area High School […]
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The Midst interviewed Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, on the 4B feminist movement in Korea. “4B is made up of women in Korea who started to get fed up with the pressure to fix what the nation saw as the problem of low fertility,” Blackstone said. She added that […]
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