Gabrielle Hillyer is one of six recipients of the first-ever Brookie Awards for her leadership on environmental issues. The University of Maine doctoral student in ecology and environmental sciences was chosen for the honor by NRCM Rising, a Natural Resources Council of Maine project that engages and mobilizes the state’s emerging generation of environmental leaders […]
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A new Seed Grant Program will facilitate research collaborations between the University of Maine and Northeastern University as part of a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions. The program will fund up to $50,000 for a year of research for each initiative led by at least one researcher from each university in any field […]
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The documentary “2020 Race to Save the Planet: Swing States” premieres at 9 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. CT June 17 on The Weather Channel. Focused on how climate change is perceived in U.S. swing states, the documentary features the University of Maine’s Rick Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute and a research professor in the […]
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Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper shared a University of Maine Darling Marine Center release announcing that Rhian Waller, an associate professor, has been granted tenure. Waller, of Jefferson, Maine, is a cold-water coral biologist in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences and was one of 29 faculty members at UMaine to receive tenure or promotion this […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Centralmaine.com promoted that Ferda Farms, representing the University of Maine, is competing for the $25,000 grand prize in Greenlight Maine’s collegiate challenge. Greenlight Maine is a television pitch competition that promotes small businesses. Other finalists are Easy Eats, representing Colby College, and Green Bait, representing the University of New England. […]
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The world needs help. And University of Maine researchers from diverse disciplines collaborate to address the complex needs of society. Stakeholders are key, too. When they’re involved from the start, they help develop effective, insightful solutions. In this episode of “The Maine Question,” host Ron Lisnet talks with David Hart and Linda Silka from the […]
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The Boothbay Register published a media release from the Darling Marine Center about Bob Steneck, who received the University of Maine Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award. The internationally recognized marine ecologist’s expertise ranges from coral reefs and kelp forests to fisheries and marine conservation and management. Newsweek, The New York Times, The New Yorker, […]
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At the request of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), University of Maine graduate students this spring semester reviewed scientific reports that will advise several European countries on how to preserve their fisheries. ICES enlisted students from the School of Marine Sciences to evaluate its latest stock assessments for any possible […]
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After 43 years of research and teaching, Larry Mayer retired in fall 2019 from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. Then he promptly proceeded to teach a senior college course titled “Humans and the Ever-changing Coast.” On Thursdays, 20 area senior citizens interested in learning about marine environment challenges joined Mayer for lectures and […]
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Joshua Girgis ’18 earned his degree in mechanical engineering and headed to the Darling Marine Center to work with Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center director Chris Davis and others to design an environmental monitoring buoy. The goal is to build a buoy that gathers real-time information about ocean temperature, salinity and productivity so oyster and seaweed […]
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