Research

Maine Public, WABI highlight UMaine faculty developing new resource for energy transitions in underserved communities

Maine Public and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Environmental Protection Agency awarding $1.125 million to Sharon Klein and Caroline Noblet, both University of Maine associate professors of economics, to develop a new resource for addressing the drivers and environmental impacts of energy transitions in underserved and Tribal communities. They will engage with indigenous, rural […]

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Birkel and Climate Reanalyzer featured in Press Herald

The Portland Press Herald published a feature story about Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, and his work involving the UMaine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer. “It’s a difficult thing to do,” Birkel said. “You have to […]

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UMaine hosting Cellulose Nanomaterials Researchers Forum Aug. 22–24

The University of Maine Process Development Center is hosting a three–day Cellulose Nanomaterials Researchers Forum Aug. 22–24. Attendees will hear updates from researchers who are developing new applications for cellulose nanomaterials and from companies that are using them. There will also be a rapid fire Q&A session with the presenters and student poster presentations. Also […]

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AP features Allan survey in article about college football camps

In an article about how fewer college football programs are leaving campus for training camps, the Associated Press spoke to Elizabeth Allan, a University of Maine professor of higher education, about a 2018 study she conducted with colleague Mary Madden in which 57.1% of students reported hazing was most likely to happen off campus. Allan […]

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Boston Globe cites UMaine study about autonomous cars

The Boston Globe cited a study drawn from a collaboration between the University of Maine VEMI Lab, the Toyota Research Institute and the Carroll Center which examines how car companies can design the coming wave of self-driving cars with vision-impaired drivers in mind. A “truly accessible experience must enable user input, for all people, in […]

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WFVX cites Lobster Institute information about blue lobsters

In an article about a rare blue lobster caught off Beal’s Lobster Pier in Southwest Harbor, WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) noted information from the University of Maine Lobster Institute explaining the blue hue comes from a genetic defect that causes the lobster to make excessive amounts of a protein that creates the color.

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AP reports global temperature drop citing Climate Reanalyzer 

The Associated Press cited the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in reporting how Tuesday, Aug. 8 was the first day since July 2 in which the global average temperature fell below the record-breaking 16.92 degrees Celsius. According to AP, that means “that Earth just spent 36 days straight above the previous hottest […]

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