The Bangor Daily New, Maine Public and WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7) reported on an effort by °µÍø¸£Àûapp students and faculty to develop coatings free of a group of chemicals known as PFAS for food wrappers and other paper products by using seaweed and tree pulp. The Keene Sentinel shared the report from the […]
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Scattered across the Penobscot Experimental Forest are veritable treasure troves for its denizens, each containing riches beyond comprehension. These caches do not contain gold or jewels – they’re filled with eastern white pine seeds and were placed by a team of researchers at the °µÍø¸£Àûapp for one purpose: to catch furry thieves red-handed. […]
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Hikers, hunters, educators, business owners and any other types of outdoor enthusiasts are invited to contribute their perspectives to the Maine Outdoor Recreation Economy Roadmap. The °µÍø¸£Àûapp, Maine Outdoor Brands and the Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation are hosting a workshop at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23 in Rangeley Hall at Eastern […]
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A research project partially funded in part by the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, a part of the °µÍø¸£Àûapp Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, is highlighted in an article from Maine Public. In 2021, research crews began monitoring 300 sites in forest habitats across nearly 600,000 acres in Maine’s North Woods. The goal […]
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In several different news stories, members of the media interviewed °µÍø¸£Àûapp professor Emeritus and climate research scientist Ivan Fernandez and research assistant professor Sean Birkel on climate change in Maine. Fernandez said in an interview with the Sun Journal that the warming trend is largely due to natural weather fluctuations, the re-emergence of […]
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Bangor Daily News interviewed Phillip Fanning, assistant professor of agriculture entomology at the °µÍø¸£Àûapp, on the pollination process of bees. In Maine, there are 90 native pollinators that visit wild and cultivated flowering plants. All of them are far more efficient at pollination than domestic honey bees. “Our best pollinators are bumble bees. […]
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°µÍø¸£Àûapp faculty, staff and students will present at several events during the Maine Science Festival, a program of the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor that will include more than 70 events and activities from March 20-24. The full programing for the event can be found on its website. The festival is a five-day […]
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The Republican Journal noted the involvement of the °µÍø¸£Àûapp Process & Development Center in the reopening of the Coastal Resources of Maine waste-to-energy plant in Hampden. The UMaine center supported laboratory work required for proper lab testing and analysis of waste processing results.
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Conducting research with global impact and local relevance is a quintessential service of the °µÍø¸£Àûapp. Out of all university research conducted in Maine, 89% occurs through UMaine. The insight and innovation it yields annually benefits hundreds of businesses. Research funding in 2023 reached an all time high of close to $190 million. In […]
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Walking into the renovated Holmes and Coburn halls will give some visitors a sense of déjà vu. The historic buildings, built at the °µÍø¸£Àûapp in 1887–88 now serve as part of Hotel Ursa, a new independent hotel opening March 5, where they proudly display some original features and other artifacts of the university’s […]
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