Fewer frogs died from vehicle collisions in spring 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, than during the season in other recent years, according to a new study led by a University of Maine graduate student and community science project coordinator. Vehicles kill many adult frogs, salamanders and other amphibians that cross roadways, particularly during their […]
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Three University of Maine civil and environmental engineering researchers will collaborate with Vermont engineers to create the next generation of sensor networks for infrastructure monitoring. Researchers from the University of Vermont, UMaine and Vermont Technical College were awarded a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and test new technologies that could […]
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A University of Maine-led research team, in collaboration with the University of Alabama, will design a new class of materials capable of improving solar cells, lasers and other optoelectronic devices that convert light into energy with a $525,000 collaborative research award from the National Science Foundation. Liping Yu, an assistant professor of physics at the […]
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The Economic Development Administration has awarded the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine $509,000 over five years to fund the University Center for Economic Development, a collaboration of experts from the University of Maine System that will provide technical assistance and research for the implementation of the state’s 10-year economic development strategy. […]
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The 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition that six Climate Change Institute explorers participated in has set three Guinness World Records. The three records, featured in the latest edition of the Guinness World Records book, are: Highest altitude ice core taken: 8,020 meters (26,312 feet), extracted from the South Col glacier. The […]
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A new testing lab at the University of Maine will help state landowners monitor their trees for the presence of the destructive eastern spruce budworm, a key step in tracking and mitigating a developing outbreak that could have severe impacts on Maine’s forest land and economy. Angela Mech, UMaine assistant professor of forest entomology, heads […]
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The University of Maine has established the Forest Economy, Sustainability and Technology (FOREST) initiative, a universitywide multi-disciplinary effort to bring together university, industry, government, and community collaborators for the advancement of forest-based economy in Maine. Comprised of representatives from more than two dozen departments, colleges and organized research units within the UMaine, FOREST is working […]
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Adam Daigneault, University of Maine E.L. Giddings Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Economics, testified Sept. 29 before a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Development, chaired by Maine Rep. Jared Golden. A copy of Daigneault’s written testimony and more about the hybrid Hearing on Sustainable Forestry […]
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The National Science Foundation awarded nearly $600,000 in supplemental funding to extend and expand a University of Maine-led effort to build a digital framework that can better assess and predict complex changes in forests. The project, Leveraging Intelligent Informatics and Smart Data for Improved Understanding of Northern Forest Ecosystem Resilience (INSPIRES), involves researchers and students […]
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For 28 years, from 1977 to 2005, Richard and Elsie Larson shared their business expertise with hundreds of students at the University of Maine at Machias. Their sharing extended far beyond the classroom. During that time — and in the 16 years since the associate professors of business administration retired — they’ve donated substantial amounts […]
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