The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded $650,000 to a University of Maine project investigating the impacts of climate change on wild blueberry ecosystems and economics. Wild blueberry fields provide important crops for the state of Maine. They also support ecosystems by providing water regulation, nutrient cycling, […]
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Four University of Maine Ph.D. students won the top awards in the college division of the 2023 Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME) Student Showcase on May 3. The annual competition tasks college and high school students, who participate in separate divisions, with presenting life-science focused research projects to win cash and academic prizes. According to […]
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WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) featured University of Maine research into how warming waters can make non-native smallmouth bass more aggressive toward endangered juvenile Atlantic salmon. Smallmouth bass also more voraciously eat local food supplies at higher water temperatures.
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In an article about efforts to conserve woodcock populations in West Virginia, The Dominion Post noted that the Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative is coordinated by the University of Maine. Yahoo! News shared the Dominion Post report.
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In an article about research about dragonflies and mercury in Acadia National Park, National Parks Traveler noted that the Dragonfly Mercury Project was started in 2009 by researchers at the University of Maine and Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, as well as Maine students and teachers. It has since expanded to more than 450 […]
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In an article about alewives recovery in the Presumpscot River, The Maine Monitor noted that the University of Maine is working to adapt environmental DNA, or eDNA, for coastal ecosystems
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The Los Angeles Times reported that Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, analyzed fern and fungi spores, pollen grains, leaf fragments and other microscopic traces of prehistoric plant life from crushed mineral samples as part of a NASA-funded […]
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In an op-ed about the potential for offshore wind energy generation in Maine, the South Portland Sentry noted that new offshore wind technology is still in development at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center.
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The Office of Research Compliance has opened registration for summer Undergraduate Responsible Conduct of Research Training, which will be available from June 1–30 on Brightspace. Completion of this training is required for students participating in research sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and/or the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s […]
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Darren Ranco, professor of anthropology, chair of Native American Programs and faculty fellow at Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine, was named a 2023 Ford Foundation Senior Fellow. The Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs have been administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine since 1979. The […]
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