In a story about glaciers across the world shrinking, NPR cited a new University of Maine-led study that revealed that melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed. Paul Mayewski, director […]
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The Office of Research Compliance will be offering an online Responsible Conduct of Research training Feb 15–March 15 for undergraduate students participating in research sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). More information and a link to […]
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In a story titled “Offshore Wind Takes Off at Last. States Have Been Counting on It,” Stateline, a daily news publication funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts organization, highlighted research on floating platform technology for offshore wind development from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The story was also shared in the […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Spectrum News, News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), WMTW (Channel 13 in Portland) and Mainebiz reported on the University of Maine receiving an R1 designation from the prestigious Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The R1 designation signifies “very high research activity” in recent years and is […]
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The Associated Press reported that the University of Maine is sponsoring “Field Trip Day” during the Maine Science Festival. The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), U.S. News & World Report, the Stamford Advocate, The Darien Times and The Clay Center Dispatch shared the AP report.
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Wired reported on a database that Michael Kinnison, a University of Maine professor of evolutionary applications, and Zach Wood, a postdoctoral research associate with the UMaine School of Biology and Ecology, helped create called Phenotypic Rates of Change Evolutionary and Ecological Database (PROCEED). According to its website, the database serves as a continuously updated repository […]
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University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center is recruiting student researchers to contribute to a variety of marine and environmental research projects this summer. DMC hosts 25–30 undergraduate researchers on the Walpole campus each summer to collaborate with UMaine faculty and other DMC-based researchers on projects ranging from the fundamental biology of microorganisms active in the […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has named the 2022–2024 Research Faculty Fellows. CUGR Research Faculty Fellows are a cohort of faculty members who were nominated by their respective deans and selected by the center. The program is designed to support faculty efforts toward improving undergraduate research mentoring skills, expanding curricula to […]
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National Geographic, CBS News, BBC News, CNN, The Independent, The Hill, The Weather Channel, the Daily Mail, the Bangor Daily News, Spectrum News, Live Science, the Agence France-Presse, Sky News, CNET, Pardafas, ScienceAlert, The Kathmandu Post, The Malaysian Insight, WION and Down To Earth reported on a new study from a University of Maine-led international […]
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The Conversation published an article about what scientists and historians consider to be “worst year to be alive” — 536 — that featured a 2018 study co-authored by several scientists from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, including director Paul Mayewski. They collaborated with other researchers to investigate an ice core in the Swiss-Italian […]
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