WABI (Channel 5) highlighted the Maine Wood Turtle Project, which is co-led by Matthew Chatfield, assistant professor of evolution and eco-health at the University of Maine. “Mostly what we focus on is ecology and management of wood turtles to help improve their conservation status in this state and elsewhere,” Chatfield said. Since wood turtles can […]
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For people seeking to start a new career or advance within their current one, the University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning has made available several online programs for professional development this summer and fall. The programs are designed to benefit professionals from a range of sectors, including healthcare, education and nonprofits, as well as […]
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Time magazine published an article co-authored by Ryan LaRochelle, senior lecturer with the University of Maine’s Cohen Institute, and Kate Flynn (’24) that highlights former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, for whom the institute is named after, and his ability to simultaneously navigate complex military and political issues.
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The University of Maine equipped rising high school seniors with knowledge and skills to become future leaders through a weeklong program featuring talks from executives and government officials, and outdoor leadership and co-curricular programs. Since 2019, the UMaine Cohen Institute’s weeklong Summer Leadership Program has immersed more than 250 students from all of Maine’s sixteen […]
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The Washington Post cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer on the length of time average hot temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere peaked between 1979 and 2000.
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News Center Maine highlighted wild blueberry research from the University of Maine in two separate stories focused on how new technology and tools can make growing and harvesting wild blueberries more efficient and sustainable. WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7) highlighted an event hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension at Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro, during […]
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The Portland Press Herald featured data from University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, which revealed that Hancock, Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties are most likely to carry the three most common tick-borne illnesses in Maine, including Lyme disease. “We don’t have a great answer as to why the Midcoast has become Maine’s tick hotspot,” […]
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) covered the fourth annual Summer Educators Institute at the University of Maine in which more than 100 educators engaged in a series of workshops aimed at cultivating rural teacher leadership, middle-level education and teaching all learners.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Walt Golet, assistant professor of marine science at the University of Maine, on the abundance of local bluefish tuna in the Gulf of Maine. “By all accounts, right now, everybody is [in] agreement that bluefin are doing well,” Golet said. “I get this question all the time: ‘Should we eat […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) featured a technology business co-founded by two University of Maine alumni, Justin Hafner (‘18) and David Holomakoff (‘14, ‘17G). KinoTek has developed a digital movement analysis platform that delivers insights into a person’s whole body movements. It was incubated at the Foster Center for Innovation and developed with support from […]
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