Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

At the University of Maine, 41 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion or just-cause protection status and promotion effective July 1, 2026, or September 1, 2026. The annual announcement recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement. Tenure for 17 of the faculty members was approved by the University of Maine […]

When warm days follow freezing nights, sap begins to run in maple trees across the University of Maine Forest in Old Town. Students and staff haul buckets of the clear liquid through snow and mud to a small wooden sugarhouse, where steam rises from a wood-fired evaporator as the sap slowly boils into thick, sweet […]

University of Maine Cooperative Extension recently completed installation of an advanced weather station in Orono, the third such station in what will become a statewide Mesonet, a network of research-grade weather stations designed specifically for agriculture. As droughts, downpours, extreme heat and spring frosts become more common, Maine farmers say they need forecasts that provide […]

Dr. Danielle Levesque is featured in multiple outlets discussing how animals control their body temperature: Knowable Magazine & ARS Technica.

The University of Maine System (UMS) has achieved its first collective bargaining agreement with part-time graduate student workers, acknowledging their essential role in education and research while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The three-year contract between the System and the University of Maine Graduate Workers Union–UAW (UMGWU) that was ratified tonight by a vote of 438–3 positions […]

Diane Rowland, dean of the College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences and director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, was a guest on a recent segment of the Maine Science Podcast. Rowland discussed her career trajectory, pioneering research as a crop physiologist and her efforts to foster team science and advance equity […]

University of Maine President and University of Maine System Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Joan Ferrini-Mundy made remarks at a listening session of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture in Freeport hosted by committee chairman Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) on July 31. The listening session was held to […]

July 11, 2023 University of Maine ecology professor Brian McGill was awarded the Humboldt Research Award, one of the most prestigious scientific honors in Germany. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards the prize annually to internationally-renowned scientists who reside outside of Germany. In addition to the cash award of 60,000 euros, or about $71,000, Humboldt […]

May 11, 2023 Abigayl Novak, who earned her Master of Science in Forest Resources from the University of Maine this May, spoke to the University of Maine Alumni Association about gender-diverse representation in the bioenergy and forestry sectors. “I’m really looking forward to seeing more women in forestry and us supporting each other in this […]