UMaine News

A steady “snowfall” of tiny particles carries carbon, nutrients and pollution from the ocean’s surface toward the deep sea. Scientists can see those particles sinking, but determining exactly what they […]

PBS’s “Modern Pioneering” program featured the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center for a segment on food systems in Maine. The segment highlighted its research into sustainable aquaculture and the […]

Gulsun Akdemir Evrendilek, associate extension professor and seafood technology and food safety specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, published an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News on the multistate […]

News Center Maine, Fox Bangor (Channel 22 in Bangor), WHDH (Channel 7 in Boston) and WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and the Portland Press Herald featured the University of Maine’s […]

Walter Golet, assistant professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, was featured by Maine Public discussing recent white shark sightings off southern Maine and what the animals’ presence […]

News Center Maine, The Defense Post, Mainebiz and Penobscot Bay Pilot featured a new educational partnership agreement between the University of Maine and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard that will expand hands-on […]

Paintings of Maine landscapes from three former University of Maine professors, including a few works that are making their first public appearance, will be on display during a new exhibit […]

Ten years into teaching general elementary education in his native Washington County, Sean Cavanaugh decided to try something new: special education.  Cavanaugh, a 2013 graduate of the University of Maine, […]

Local Catch Network will lead outreach, co-host informational sessions and gather industry input to help shape national seafood strategy. American fishermen, aquaculture producers, processors and seafood businesses now have a […]

NIH-funded project gives undergraduate and graduate students hands-on roles in studying how the immune system responds to influenza When Adeline Shanahan arrived at the University of Maine, she knew she […]

Under a microscope at TimberHP’s manufacturing plant in Madison, Maine, Brian Waterbury studied plant fibers used to make insulation for homes while learning how engineers solve problems. Waterbury, a University […]

Bangor native and University of Maine graduate Sean Campbell has been named the next president and CEO of the University of Maine Foundation. He brings 28 years of experience in […]

For Maine landowners and logging companies, turning forest materials into energy begins with a practical challenge: harvesting and transporting the wood at a reasonable cost.  Researchers from the University of […]

Jonathan Malacarne, assistant professor of agricultural economics at the University of Maine, was featured by News Center Maine discussing the nearly 30% increase in grocery prices since 2020 and how […]

Walter Golet, associate professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, was featured on Fox Bangor discussing how tracking and tagging sharks can inform conservation, offshore infrastructure development, fisheries […]

Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, was featured in the Bangor Daily News discussing Maine’s targeted strategy to prevent another major spruce budworm moth […]

Griffin Dill, who manages the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, was featured in The State discussing ways homeowners can reduce tick habitat and minimize exposure to tick-borne diseases. […]

Luke Doucette, senior research scientist and R&D program coordinator with the University of Maine’s Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies, and Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, professor of electrical and […]

A new partnership with Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will expand hands-on workforce training and defense-related research opportunities for University of Maine students. The Educational Partnership Agreement, signed July 29, will connect […]

The New York Times and Forbes cited the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer to support their reporting on a heat wave in Europe and Hurricane Fausto, respectively.