The Associated Press reported an arm of the University of Maine is working on a 10-year push to grow marine jobs in the state. The Alliance for Maine’s Marine Economy is working on the effort, which it says will cost more than $16 million and will target new investments that can be useful for marine […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, a professor of paleoecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Grist article, “Your next bar conversation is about climate change. Here’s how to do it.” A convincing conversation doesn’t require citing the latest peer-reviewed research — it has to do with reaching people on a personal level by appealing to […]
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A University of Maine video on the state’s aquaculture industry and related research was featured on Science360. For more than four decades, UMaine has conducted research and provided educational outreach related to the farming of aquatic organisms, such as finfish, shellfish or sea vegetables. In 2014, that support took a giant step forward with the […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on a disaster simulation held at the University of Maine for students in the School of Nursing and University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC). The event featured a simulated active shooter and about 20 actors with a range of injuries to provide hands-on training for 40 UMaine […]
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Kristina Cammen, an assistant professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The episode focused on the latest status, research and efforts toward protecting Maine’s marine mammals, including gray seals, porpoises and whales.
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Travis Blackmer, a research associate with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on how institutions, businesses and households can maximize the use of organic waste and […]
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The Associated Press and Maine Public reported the University of Maine expects to welcome the largest incoming class in its history this fall. UMaine officials said the number of new students confirmed for admission by the May 1 deadline is 2,512, which is up from 2,457 last year. UMaine’s largest-ever incoming class of 2,230 students […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine’s Speech Therapy Telepractice Program, which allows speech therapy students the opportunity to gain valuable, clinical experience without leaving campus. Using a secure web-hosted video conferencing system, graduate student clinicians provide speech therapy services to adults and children through computers or other devices connected by high-speed internet. […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Ellyn Enderlin, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, will speak in Bar Harbor on May 5. Enderlin will discuss the drastic changes to the Earth’s oceans as a result of the melt of the Greenland ice sheet. Her […]
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Christopher Davis, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center and a resident of the Darling Marine Center, will be a panelist at a May 18 event in Portland that explores how to sustain healthy oceans and responsible growth. The free event at the University of Southern Maine Abromson Center begins with a 6:30 p.m. […]
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