UMaine oceanographer Andrew Pershing is quoted in a National Public Radio story about the benefits of whales in the oceans. Pershing says research into whales’ role in moving nutrients from one part of the ocean to another is still unknown, but recent research into how whale excrement affects fish populations could get scientists to think […]
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Contact Natalie Springuel, (207) 288.2944 x5834, nspringuel@coa.edu PORTLAND, Me. – At the conclusion of a national symposium here last week, representatives from federal, state and local governments and organizations announced the formation of a National Working Waterways & Waterfronts Coalition. Sea Grant programs from around the country, including Maine Sea Grant and Virginia Sea Grant, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Note: This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Please call (207) 581-3244 to reserve tickets. ORONO — Acclaimed scholar Elinor Ostrom will visit the University of Maine on Thursday Oct. 21 to present the university’s annual Sen. George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability. […]
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Thomas Urquhart’s Maine Sunday Telegram review of “Natural Landscapes of Maine: A Guide to Natural Communities and Ecosystems,” included quotes from UMaine Prof. Malcolm Hunter’s foreword. Urquhart, a former Maine Audubon director, gave the book a favorable review. It was written by Andrew Cutko and Susan Gawler.
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Comments from Rob Lilieholm of the UMaine School of Forest Resources faculty are included in an extensive Boston Globe Magazine story about the history and future of New England’s forests. The story is based on “Wildcards and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape,” a 36=page report Lilieholm and a group of other scientists […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A five-year, $3.3 million National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant will fund a new University of Maine initiative to affect institutional change by improving the status of female faculty in the sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics and the social-behavioral sciences. The grant will establish the Rising Tide Center, which […]
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Contact Beth Bisson (beth.bisson@maine.edu) ORONO — Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine has created a new Maine Sea Grant Undergraduate Scholarship in Marine Sciences Beginning in the spring semester of the 2010-2011 academic year, Maine Sea Grant will award one scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to one third-year undergraduate student […]
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Contact: Mick Peterson (207) 581-2129 or michael.peterson@maine.edu ORONO – A group of University of Maine researchers, headed up by UMaine Libra Foundation Professor of Engineering Michael “Mick” Peterson, has received a $1 million grant from the Department of Energy to continue developing environmental impact protocols at the site of a tidal-power turbine near Eastport and […]
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Contact: Ed Grew, 581-2169 Edward Grew, UMaine research professor of geological sciences, presented a talk, “Rare minerals in the Australian Antarctic Territory” at the Antarctic Science Planning Workshop in Hobart, Australia Sept. 21. The workshop was one of several organized by the Australian Antarctic Division to design implementation plans for the newly developed Australian Science […]
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Margaret “Miki” Macdonald, a 1998 graduate of the UMaine School of Nursing’s master’s degree program, will be at the White House Tuesday, September 28, to meet with First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Mary Wakefield, the administrator of the Health Resources Service Administration, to talk about the Affordable Care Act. Macdonald, who is the Maine […]
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