Michelle Smith, an associate professor in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine, is participating in a 10-part series in Trends in Genetics to stimulate thought and discussion on the importance of undergraduate genetics education. For the second question in the series, Smith and other experts were asked how genetics courses […]
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Mark Wells, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for the report, “Shellfish harvesters, scientists wrestle with ‘unprecedented’ closures amid toxic algae bloom.” For the first time, a pseudo-nitzschia bloom is plaguing a large swathe of Casco Bay, which has been closed to shellfish harvesting for nearly three […]
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Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, a postdoctoral David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “National parks belong to Americans. They should remain accessible to all.” MacKenzie studies alpine and subalpine plant communities, climate change and conservation across New England.
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A 2010 study led by School of Economics Professor Jonathan Rubin for the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine was cited in the Sun Journal article, “Treating Maine roads in winter makes them safer, but takes a toll on vehicles.” The study, which the article refers to as the most comprehensive […]
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Reuters, Daily Mail, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Weather Channel, VICE News, Scientific American, The Straits Times and Business Day reported on a new study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth College, the University of Maine and the University of New Hampshire. The study, which was published in the journal Scientific Reports, found snowfalls atop an […]
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The Associated Press reported a panel discussion and networking event about farming in a new weather reality will be held Jan. 9 during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show at the Augusta Civic Center. The event, which will run 1:50–4 p.m., will open with a panel of Maine crop and livestock farmers discussing how changes in […]
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VillageSoup reported Waldoboro fisherman Glen Melvin and the Medomak River Task Force recently received a Sen. George J. Mitchell award for “outstanding contribution by an external partner to sustainability research.” The award was given to acknowledge Melvin for his help with the drifter project led by UMaine graduate student Gabby Hillyer, who is pursuing a […]
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The Inside Science article, “Melting glaciers release pollutants frozen decades ago,” focuses on research presented by Kimberley Miner, an earth and climate scientist and graduate student at the University of Maine, at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in New Orleans. Miner’s analysis suggests that people who live in the shadow of melting glaciers […]
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A mobility aid that was invented by University of Maine professors was mentioned in the New York Times opinion piece, “Designing for access.” The Afari Mobility Aid was co-invented by UMaine professors Stephen Gilson, Elizabeth DePoy and Vincent Caccese. The Afari is one of 70 products that will be on display as part of the […]
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Mainebiz reported the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and its partners are expanding next year’s Top Gun entrepreneurship program to include companies in the aquaculture sector. MCED announced applications are now being accepted for Top Gun 2018, an acceleration program that has helped more than 175 startups since 2009, according to the article. Partnering with […]
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