The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), Mainebiz and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the new Biomass to Bioproducts Pilot Plant at the University of Maine’s Technology Research Center in Old Town. Biofine Technology, a Massachusetts company focused on making liquid fuel, chemicals and other advanced materials from wood, intends to build […]
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A preliminary University of Maine report on survey data related to mineral mining in Maine was cited in the Bangor Daily News politics blog, “State & Capitol.” The blog post, titled “Why legislating mining in Maine is so hard, in one survey,” featured information from a report compiled by Andrew Morgan, a graduate student in […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Rebecca Holberton, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Maine, and Lindsay Tudor, a wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, will present May 1 at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor. The title of their 5 p.m. presentation, the last in the MDI […]
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Arthur Barry Adoff, a graduate student in the University of Maine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Good health is good for the economy. It’s time for Maine to expand Medicaid.” Jesse Call, Harry Ward and Lu Ruyi, fellow graduate students in the UMaine School of Social […]
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Parker Gassett, a graduate student studying marine policy and biology at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News in support of Maine Sea Grant that could be facing federal budget cuts.
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BBC News cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine for a report about a bright orange lobster that was caught and donated to Anglesey Sea Zoo where it is being cared for in the Lobster Hatchery of Wales. Experts from the Lobster Institute have previously said the odds of finding a […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, will urge D.C. lawmakers to support programs that help seniors stay social in order to stem the far-reaching effects of loneliness and isolation. Kaye will be one of four experts […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported students from Swan’s Island School and the University of Maine’s Marine Sciences Club boarded the Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship to present their 5-foot sailboats for launching on the ship’s next training voyage. The students, along with schools from seven other countries, are participating in the Atlantic Miniboat Regatta, according to […]
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Emmanuel Boss, a professor of oceanography at the University of Maine, spoke with Scientific American for an article about four climate-related NASA satellite missions that face possible elimination under the budget proposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. Boss is the science team lead of the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) project, one of […]
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Maine Public spoke with Bob Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, for the report, “Researchers discontinue annual lobster season forecast after complaints from industry.” Portland’s Gulf of Maine Research Institute is dropping its yearly forecast of when lobster landings in Maine will begin their annual surge. The move comes after […]
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