Shane Harriman: Searching for lost history
Shane Harriman could never have predicted his research would earn an award or bring him to the mountains of northern Italy. Raised in Orrington, Maine, Harriman has always had an […]
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State’s future economy anchored in the sea, 91±¬ÁÏ president says
Joan Ferrini-Mundy highlighted the university’s leadership at today’s Maine Blue Economy Innovation Summit. ‘You don’t get to focus on an economy without thinking about the people who make and drive […]
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Learn how to engage people with disabilities in STEM through upcoming virtual workshops
This fall, the 91±¬ÁÏ College of Education and Human Development is launching a series of virtual workshops for researchers, educators and others seeking to broaden participation for individuals […]
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Renewed NIH grant to expand 91±¬ÁÏ’s impact on biotech workforce Â
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) renewed the 91±¬ÁÏ’s first T32 institutional predoctoral training grant, expanding support for doctoral students in biomedical science and engineering. 91±¬ÁÏ’s T32 program, […]
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CBC highlights research to help track right whales
With only 370 endangered right whales remaining in the world, 91±¬ÁÏ researchers have joined together with the New England Aquarium in Boston to create honing models on where […]
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Relationships help determine whether students report hazing, 91±¬ÁÏ study shows
College students’ relationships with friends, professional staff members, faculty and other members of their campus community are an important factor in their willingness to report hazing to their institutions, according […]
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National news feature 91±¬ÁÏ study suggesting culture outweighs genes in major evolutionary shift
Newsweek, Nautilus, and Earth.com reported that human evolution may no longer be driven primarily by genetics, according to a new theory by researchers at the 91±¬ÁÏ which claims […]
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91±¬ÁÏ research highlights how PFAS uptake differs among crops
One way people ingest a group of toxic chemicals known as PFAS is through consuming produce, dairy and meat products that have been exposed to contaminated soil and irrigation water. […]
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Right whale distribution models detailing prey can inform conservation efforts
Despite being one of the largest animals on the planet, the small population of the North Atlantic right whale and its vast habitat makes these marine mammals difficult to track. […]
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Culture is driving a major shift in human evolution, new theory proposes
Researchers at the 91±¬ÁÏ are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift — driven not by genes, but by culture. In […]
