Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Darren Ranco, professor of anthropology, chair of Native American Programs, and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow, spoke with Maine Public about the new CODE RED exhibit at the Maine Historical Society in Portland. The exhibit, which Ranco co-curated, explores Indigenous knowledge and environmental stewardship, how humans have previously shaped the environment and the ramifications of climate […]

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow, about the impact of Monday’s fire at Juniper Ridge Landfill. MacRae said that during an uncontrolled burn, contaminants such as carbon dioxide, particulate matter and dioxins are released into the air. […]

Mitchell Center faculty fellows Onur Apul and Shaleen Jain were recipients of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing’s Edward Bryand annual awards honoring alumni, faculty, staff and students at a ceremony on April 14. Civil engineering professor and department chair, Shaleen Jain, received the Ashley Campbell Award. “Professor Jain’s expertise in hydrology and the […]

An April 30 article in the The Maine Monitor featured Sharon Klein, associate professor at the School of Economics and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow, in an article about the push for heat pumps and weatherization in Maine homes. “There are communities who really do have the need to fund heat pumps beyond what Efficiency Maine […]

Ph.D. candidate Bea Van Dam has created a new mapping tool that can help scientists and resource managers better predict how vulnerable different coastal estuary settings in Maine are to pollution. Pollution vulnerability in estuaries and bays can be determined by the source of contamination, how it is transported to coastal waters and how long […]

Maine Campus Media featured an article on Sharon Klein‘s Mitchell Center ‘LEAN In’ talk in its April 17 edition. The article covered the research that led Klein to look at the implications of starting a Local Energy and climate Action Network (LEAN) in Maine, the success of Vermont’s LEAN, and her current work with students […]

Each year, the Maine Sustainability & Water Conference features a juried student poster competition. The 2023 competition included three judging categories: graduate, undergraduate and high-school. Thank you to all the students who participated in this year’s poster session and congratulations to our poster winners. High School Poster Competition – First Place The Development of a […]

The following Mitchell Center Faculty Fellows received tenure and/or promotion this spring in recognition of their outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement. “These are world-class faculty members who contribute to the quality of the UMaine student experience, and to the mission of the state’s R1 university in meeting the needs in […]

The Mitchell Center launches its Maine School Cafeteria Food Waste Study pilot this week at four elementary schools in Orono, Buxton, Lisbon and Sebago. According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, approximately $5 million of edible food is wasted every school day in the U.S. In many Maine schools, about three-quarters of the waste […]

Lead investigator Josh Stoll is launching the first-ever national assessment of seafood marketing practices in the United States. The assessment is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and NOAA Fisheries. The American Seafood Harvesters Marketing Practices Survey aims to bring attention to the role that seafood harvesters play in the nation’s food systems […]