Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

In April 2020 the Mitchell Center was asked by the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to lead a project focused on improving the equity outcomes of the Climate Action Plan being developed by the Maine Climate Council.  Through this project, the Mitchell Center is assisting the council to understand and improve the extent to […]

Marina Cucuzza and Gabriella Marafino are among four students from Maine colleges and universities to be awarded Knauss fellowships for 2021. The Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship places early career professionals in federal government offices in Washington, D.C., where they receive hands-on experience transferring science to policy and management. For many fellows, […]

UMaine doctoral student Melissa Flye conducted her master’s research at UMaine on the role of communication and collaboration in efforts to restore Atlantic salmon, which are listed under the Endangered Species Act. UMaine News featured a recent Mitchell Center story about Melissa’s research, and how her work contributed to an assessment and reorganization of management […]

Gabby Hillyer, a doctoral student in ecology and environmental sciences who works on the Mitchell Center’s Strengthening Coastal Economies project, received one of six inaugural Brookie Awards for young environmental leaders from the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), as featured on UMaine News. The awards are a program of NRCM Rising and will be […]

In a recent episode of The Maine Question podcast, host Ron Lisnet talks with Susanne Lee and undergraduate student Peter O’Brien about food waste and food insecurity in Maine and beyond. Susanne and Peter have worked with diverse stakeholders to find “triple-bottom-line” solutions that can help reduce food waste, feed people in need, and support […]

Several projects in the Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Collaborative (IURC) that are led by Mitchell Center faculty were featured in the spring 2020 issue of UMaine Today. The IURC projects bring together researchers and students at all levels, from diverse disciplines, to tackle complex research questions with real-world significance. Sandra de Urioste-Stone and Pauline Kamath led […]

Mitchell Center student Nolan Altvater received Honorable Mention for the Udall Scholarship in the Native American policy category, as reported in a story and interview by UMaine News on June 16. Nolan is a rising senior with a major in secondary education and a minor in English. He has worked with Bridie McGreavy and the […]

Tyler Quiring, who completed his doctoral degree at UMaine in May, is lead author on a paper published this spring in the journal Environmental Communication. Tyler worked on the Mitchell Center’s Safe Beaches & Shellfish and Future of Dams projects, in connection with the New England Sustainability Consortium. The paper, “Affective Encounters with Tidal Livelihoods: […]

Stephanie Welcomer and Mario Teisl have been named interim deans for the next fiscal year, as reported by UMaine News. Stephanie is professor of management in the Maine Business School and was the team leader for the Mitchell Center’s Cheesemaking in Maine project. She will serve as interim dean for the Honors College next year. […]

A paper by Cindy Isenhour and Brie Berry, members of the Mitchell Center’s Materials Management team, was published on April 27 in the journal Economic Anthropology. Cindy is an associate professor of anthropology at UMaine and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow, and Brie is a doctoral student in anthropology and environmental policy. Both work on research […]