News & Updates

2026

  • NRT Visit to Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries, October 20 (Stonington, ME)
  • NRT Annual Retreat, September 8-9, Cobscook Institute (Trescott, ME)
  • NRT Welcome BBQ, September 2 (Bangor, ME)
  • Chandler Sendek Thesis Defense, July 23 (Orono, ME)
  • Willow Grinnell Thesis Defense, June 5  (Orono, ME)
  • Jessica Bonilla Thesis Defense, May 7 (Orono, ME)
  • NSF-NRT Annual Meeting, March 23-24, Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO)
  • NRT seminar: “Perspectives on transdisciplinary ecosystem science”, School of Marine Sciences, February 20 (Orono, ME)
  • A journey in fisheries and ecosystem thinking: a conversation about the past, present, and future“, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, February 2 (Orono, ME)
  • NRT Trainees attend US-Canada Lobster Town Meeting, Jan 29-30 (Moncton, NB)

2025

  • COMPASS Workshop: ‘Navigating Difficult Conversations’,  November 19 (Orono, ME)
  • Visit to Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries, October 1 (Stonington, ME)
  • NRT Annual Retreat, September 15-16, Schoodic Institute (Winter Harbor, ME)
  • NRT Writing Retreat, March 9-10, Darling Marine Center (Walpole, ME)
  • NRT Trainees attend 2025 US-Canada Lobster Town Meeting, January 29-30 (Bar Harbor, ME)

2024

2023

  • UMaine 3-D Ecosystem Science (3DES) NRT Retreat Kick-off (Part 1), September 5 — “Lessons Learned from National Traineeship Programs across the United States”
  • UMaine 3DES NRT Retreat Kick-off (Part 2), September 5  — “Annual Retreat”
  • NSF Research Traineeship Annual Meeting 2023, October 29 – November 2 from 8:00AM – 5:00PM