Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, spoke with The Christian Science Monitor for a report about how drought has killed many young Christmas trees on farms across New England. As a result, tree farmers are adapting the varieties they grow and some are considering investments in drip irrigation systems, according to the […]
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Jonathan Rubin, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and professor of economics, is serving on a three-member jury to select the recipient of the Best Mauritian Scientist Award. The award is an initiative of the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Communication and is managed by the Mauritius Research Council. The government-approved award, which […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported Orono-based startup Revolution Research Inc. was among the recipients sharing a $1.3 million award from the Environmental Protection Agency. Revolution Research won $100,000 to design the manufacturing process for a bio-based ceiling tile that is durable, nonhazardous and can be composted, according to the article. The tiles also must have […]
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In a story celebrating National Brownie Day, the Portland Press Herald noted it was former University of Maine instructor Mildred Brown “Brownie” Schrumpf who contended, for years, that Maine invented the yummy dessert. Over her roughly 70-year career, Schrumpf, who died in 2001 at age 98, taught home economics at UMaine and camp cookery to […]
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University of Maine paleoecologist and plant ecologist Jacquelyn Gill told Business Insider that NASA data on Earth’s climate provides a critical baseline of comparison, as she and other researchers study climate change over millions of years. Last month, Bob Walker, an adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, told The Guardian newspaper that the incoming administration was […]
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Robert Seymour, the Curtis Hutchins Professor of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Seacoast Online for an article about the state’s most common tree: the balsam fir. “It’s just everywhere,” Seymour said of the tree that grows in mixed woods in southern and central Maine, and in almost every forest ecosystem […]
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The Washington Post cited advice from Paula Burnett, RSVP Program Coordinator at the University of Maine Center on Aging, in a story on exercise classes that can help ease the effects of osteoporosis. For relief, seniors with the degenerative bone condition are increasingly turning to classes that include resistance and weight-bearing exercises. Burnett, the newspaper […]
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The Sierra Sun Times of Mariposa, California published a press release from the University of California at Merced, citing a paleontological research project that includes work by Jacquelyn Gill. Gill is an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine’s School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute. The project, […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center was mentioned in an Associated Press article about how a Maine aquaculture farmer wants to keep baby eels, or elvers, in the state. Elvers are at the center of a lucrative business in Maine, which is home to the only large-scale fishing operation for them in the country, […]
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Student interest in the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources is growing, and industry stakeholders are starting to take notice. The Maine Forest Products Council highlighted student enrollment growth in their the November newsletter, where it reported that undergraduate enrollment in forestry has doubled since 2008. Of the 31 students in the 2016 incoming […]
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