Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, was included in a HuffPost blog post that named “7 stars leading the way” to providing more support and services to aging populations. Kaye “has been a vocal advocate for increasing our focus on the challenges facing older Americans, and has led important programs aimed at […]
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The Associated Press reported on browntail moth research being conducted by Eleanor Groden, a professor of entomology in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine. The browntail moth’s caterpillars have toxic hairs that can cause respiratory diseases and rashes that resemble poison ivy, the AP reported. Groden is looking into how […]
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The Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5) and Associated Press reported the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole was awarded $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce to support the development of Maine’s aquaculture industry. The funds will help the center demolish and replace its deteriorated pier, renovate the Flowing Seawater Laboratory, upgrade the flowing […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Bob Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, for an article about a white lobster that was caught last week off the north side of Maine’s Chebeague Island. Albino lobsters, which are totally devoid of pigment and would remain white even when cooked, are vanishingly rare, according Bayer. […]
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Daniel Harrison, a professor of wildlife at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Earth Touch News Networkreport about two Canada lynx that were caught fighting on video in the middle of a road near Kokadjo. Harrison, who has researched lynx habitat ecology, said he suspects the scene represents a “territorial stare-down.” The noisy standoff […]
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The Portland Press Herald published an interview with Mary Ellen Camire, director of the UMaine Sensory Evaluation Center and professor of food science and human nutrition. Camire’s research focuses on the relationships between consumers and Maine-specific food commodities, like seaweed, potatoes, berries and grains. The profile explored the arc of Camire career, from high protein, high-fiber Cheetos […]
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VillageSoup reported Gabrielle Hillyer, a graduate student at the University of Maine, is deploying drifters to map tidal currents in the Medomak River as part of the Medomak Project. The drifters will measure temperature, salinity, light intensity, pH and dissolved organic carbon in an attempt to better explain the river’s currents and how any potential bacteria […]
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The Working Waterfront, Mount Desert Islander and The Republican Journal advanced the Maine Marine Fare, a two-day symposium Sept. 9 and 10 at Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport. The event will celebrates the products from Maine’s fishing industry with talks, panel discussions, and educational demonstrations and tastings moving the discussion to what we consume, according to the article. Paul […]
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David Yarborough, a professor in the School of Food and Agriculture and wild blueberry specialist with Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Associated Press, Maine Public and Ellsworth American about Maine’s wild blueberry crop. The AP reported the crop is likely to be much smaller this year than in recent summers because the industry is contending with troubles such as […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine recently was awarded a $795,000 grant from the federal government for a buoy and high frequency radar operation to add to their ocean monitoring and studying programs. UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences has been working on a real-time ocean observing system in the Gulf of Maine, WABI reported. […]
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