Griffin Dill, director of the University of Maine Tick Lab, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News about the fact that antibodies for Heartland virus have shown up on blood samples taken from deer in Maine. Dill said, “It’s something to be aware of. It could potentially appear here but it could be one of […]
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USA Today, Staten Island Live and Metro (United Kingdom) featured data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about North and South Pole warming. According to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, which is based on the U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration weather models, the Arctic as a whole was 6 degrees […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how forest management practices may affect ticks and tick-borne disease 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 28. Maine has seen a five-fold increase in the incidence of Lyme disease, which is transmitted by the black-legged tick, over the […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared information about a talk on how forest management practices may affect ticks and tick-borne disease on March 28 from 3–4 p.m., hosted by Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Allison Gardner, assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology at UMaine, will discuss results from the project […]
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The UMaine Arts Initiative (UMAI) is pleased to announce winners of a new competitive seed grant program, created to encourage innovative and interdisciplinary collaborations that seek to build a diverse, inclusive, sustainable and equitable community of art researchers, practitioners, supporters and promoters. The University of Maine Arts Initiative, launched in 2021 by the Office of […]
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In an article about reversing falls in Maine, Q106.5 featured a webpage by Maine Sea Grant about the phenomenon and where it can be seen across the state. Reversing falls are a rare phenomenon in inlets where freshwater meets the ocean. Water from the ocean will start flowing into the inlet of a river creating a […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk by Jessica Scott of the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future on efforts to move Maine toward climate and environmental justice 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 21. The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the […]
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The Maine Science Festival (MSF) will come back after two years away due to the pandemic, from March 16–20. It is a program of the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor and will include more than 70 events and activities, many of which will feature University of Maine scientists. All events, except for the headliner performance, […]
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Last fall, Laura Rickard, University of Maine associate professor of communication and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow, led risk communication training for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The training, largely for new DEP staff who are or will be testing for PFAS at people’s homes and on their property, focused on effective ways […]
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Four faculty-led innovation teams have been selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the University of Maine’s Maine Innovation Research and Technology Accelerator (MIRTA) program. The 2022 projects will develop research innovations in accessibility education, aquaculture, computer-aided breast cancer detection and marine sciences. MIRTA, coordinated by UMaine’s Foster Center for Innovation, assists teams from […]
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