Marcella Sorg, a research professor at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the Current article, “Remains of three people found in unmarked, 1800s burial site in Scarborough.” Construction workers at a house lot found the unmarked graves of three people while digging the home’s new leach field last month, according to the article. With […]
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Tenure and/or promotion for 15 University of Maine faculty members has been approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. The faculty were nominated by UMaine President Susan J. Hunter based on a peer and administrative review of their successful work in teaching, research and public service. “The caliber of these faculty members […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Hal Borns, professor emeritus with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, will speak about whether the Earth is still in an ice age during the next Acadia Senior College Food for Thought event at Birch Bay Village in Bar Harbor. Borns will speak […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer multiple training sessions to those interested in identifying and recording seasonal changes in their communities in support of understanding Maine’s changing climate. Volunteers of all ages are invited to become citizen scientists through trainings offered around the state between now and the end of June. New this year, […]
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A number of media outlets reported the number of first-year student applications to the University of Maine is up 17 percent over last year and the university has instituted a waitlist for the first time in recent history. About 14,000 qualified students applied for admission and the projected incoming class will be about 2,150. Maine […]
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The University of Maine’s commitment to affordability, strategic investments in signature strengths and aggressive marketing have paid off. With a record number of qualified applications for fall 2016, UMaine will begin notifying most students who have applied and not yet been accepted that they have the option to be wait-listed for admission consideration. “The interest in […]
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The ADVANCE Rising Tide Center at the University of Maine will mark its fifth anniversary with a celebration March 24. The 1 p.m. event will be held in the McIntyre Room of the Buchanan Alumni House to thank everyone who has supported or participated in ADVANCE initiatives during the last five years. The ADVANCE program […]
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Paul Mayewski has been rated one of the most-cited and influential climate change authors. His article “Holocene climate variability” was ranked No. 58 of the all-time top 100 papers on climate change by Carbon Brief, a website in the United Kingdom that covers developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy. As of August […]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has highlighted work by the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine in the U.S. Government’s Climate Resilience Toolkit. The project, which was led by Esperanza Stancioff of Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension and funded by NOAA’s Climate Program Office, focused […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in an Associated Press report about a forum on Arctic diplomacy slated to take place in Portland this October. The Arctic Council’s Senior Arctic Officials meeting will focus on issues such as climate change and shipping, according to the article. Officials from the council’s eight member nations, including the […]
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