The Sun Journal reported University of Maine student Naya Clifford will sign copies of her debut novel, “Into the North Woods,” and discuss issues related to green industry and environmental activism at Café di Cocoa in Bethel from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20. Clifford works as a teacher and clinical social worker, […]
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History graduate student Edward Andrew Kobylarz digitized and transcribed a wide selection of documents from the Paul W. Bean Collection as a part of a summer internship in Fogler Library’s Special Collections Department. Color scans and searchable text allow researchers a new way to access letters, pamphlets and other documents that provide a glimpse of […]
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University of Maine researchers traced a portion of a route in the Southern Ocean made famous by polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, whose 1914–1916 South Pole expedition aboard Endurance has been called one of the greatest survival stories of all time. Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute, led a team to recover ice […]
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The half-ounce songbirds that fly 1,800 miles nonstop over the Atlantic Ocean to winter in South America haven’t had a lot to chirp about lately. The number of Blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata) documented on the move through migration monitoring sites in the Gulf of Maine region has declined dramatically at some locations over the last […]
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U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who represents Maine’s 2nd District, met with nine University of Maine graduate students on the Orono campus in November. The students are dietetic interns studying human nutrition and food science in the School of Food and Agriculture. They are completing a public policy project as part of their degree requirements. Three […]
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The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will host a Holiday Open House from 4–6 p.m. Dec. 8. Prospective students and community members are invited to enjoy holiday cheer, tour the conference center, register for winter and spring classes, and learn more about current and future programs at the Hutchinson Center. Light refreshments will […]
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Bowdoin College reported on a recent talk by University of Maine graduate student Prosper Ishimwe. Ishimwe, a Rwandan refugee, talked as part of Helmrich House’s “Whoopie Pies with Mainers” speaker series. He shared his experiences growing up in Rwanda during the civil war and genocide, as well as life as a refugee in Maine, according […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine researchers have documented that three tagged female shortnose sturgeon moved upstream into a stretch of the Penobscot River above the former Veazie Dam — a step in the recovery of the species that’s listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. “For us, we think it’s very encouraging […]
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Sonja Birthisel, Ph.D. ecology and environmental sciences student, is committed to helping farmers better understand and plan for the future, specifically challenges they may face in light of climate change. This year, Birthisel was awarded the prestigious Correll Fellowship for the 2015–16 academic year. She graduated with an M.S. in ecology and environmental sciences at […]
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University of Maine graduate student Jesica Waller’s photograph of a 3-week-old American lobster is a finalist in the National Science Foundation’s Visualization Challenge, or Vizzies. The contest recognizes the most beautiful visualizations from the worlds of science and engineering. The People’s Choice winner is determined by public vote. Voting ends Tuesday evening and the winner […]
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