News from DEI

This summer Downeast Institute (DEI) is hosting a record number of interns. Five come to us from the University of Maine at Machias, two from the University of Maine, one from the University of [...]

Downeast Institute’s 2022 Climate Change Seminars kicks off at noontime on Tuesday, July 12 and continues for 6 weeks. The  seminars highlight the groundbreaking marine research conducted [...]

Downeast Institute resumed public drop-in tours on July 1, 2022. Summer drop-in tours are offered Thursday through Saturday from 10am –  2pm. After Labor Day tours are by appointment only. [...]

Downeast Institute welcomed our inaugural pair of Downeast Institute (DEI) Fellows in May. The Fellowship allows PhD student Raymond Czaja from Stony Brook University and graduate student [...]

Summer camp is BACK this year and will take place the first week of August! Monday-Wednesday (8/1-8/3) sessions will be for campers going into grade 5 and above and will run from 9am-3pm. Campers [...]

Downeast Institute revealed a new strategic plan that will guide the organization forward through 2025. Read it here.

A group of nonprofit organizations working collaboratively to promote a Life Sciences & Technology Hub of Excellence in Eastern Maine has received a $10,000 grant from the Maine Community [...]

— Downeast Institute in Beals has received a $24,000 gift from Machias Savings Bank to support its efforts to commercialize shellfish hatchery methods it has developed. The Institute’s Executive [...]

Downeast Institute seeks a Facility Assistant We have an immediate opening for an individual who enjoys taking pride in the appearance of a facility under their care, and will assume [...]

Sunrise Senior College at the University of Maine at Machias is offering a FREE class about the future of shellfish in the gulf of Maine with Dr. Brian Beal on Wednesday, February 9. W2205- The [...]