Islam Hafez will develop a nanocellulose-based point-of-use purification system that removes arsenic from drinking water. The United States Department of Agriculture awarded the postdoctoral researcher in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine $132,403 for the two-year project. The university is contributing $67,216 toward the project. “I like my work to be […]
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Being a parent is a dynamic and complex part of life. A new initiative in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine aims to build knowledge about the relationships at the center of the parenting experience. The Parenting Relationships Research Lab was created by assistant professor of family studies Daniel […]
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Six University of Maine explorers will talk about their experiences participating in the most comprehensive scientific expedition ever conducted on Mount Everest. A free, public panel discussion, “The University of Maine’s Role in the National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mount Everest,” will be held 1:45–2:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in the […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) and the Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) have announced the MSGC Undergraduate Fellowship Award recipients for the 2019–2020 academic year. The purpose of the MSGC fellowship and scholarship programs at UMaine is to provide research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in aerospace technology, space science, […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the recipients of the 2019–2020 Academic Year Research and Creative Activities Fellowships. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-mentored research. Each fellowship provides a $1,100 award for the student to help cover project costs. Funding for the fellowships […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and Associated Press cited University of Maine research in an article about the future of Maine’s lobster industry. A new study led by UMaine alumnus Noah Oppenheim, executive director of San Francisco’s Institute for Fisheries Resources, predicts lobster landings will fall 20–40% in the next four to five years in […]
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The University of Maine has launched its podcast “The Maine Question.” Host Ron Lisnet talks with UMaine pioneers, including those who explore backyard gardens, the depths of the oceans, Earth’s highest peaks, or beyond. They’ll share why they’re passionate about their research and what it means for Maine and the world. In the inaugural episode, […]
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Two new studies published by University of Maine scientists are putting a long-standing survey of the American lobster’s earliest life stages to its most rigorous test yet as an early warning system for trends in New England’s iconic fishery. The studies point to the role of a warming ocean and local differences in oceanography in […]
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“The Greater Good,” the podcast series of the University of Maine Graduate and Professional Center, has posted the first of a two-part series on a summer 2019 trip to Greenland by Paul Mayewski of the UMaine Climate Change Institute, Firooza Pavri of the University of Southern Maine Muskie School of Public Service and Charles Norchi […]
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An Aroostook County man’s nature-based journal notes written in the mid-1900s are shedding light on ecological effects of climate change in understudied northern Maine. L.S. Quackenbush’s daily entries provide evidence that migratory birds’ arrival dates in Oxbow, Maine may not be shifting fast enough to keep up with advancing leaf-out and flowering life cycles, says […]
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