Morning Ag Clips highlighted online training sessions for volunteer citizen scientists offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant. The three-part webinar series Signs of the Seasons focuses on the value of studying phenology in a changing climate, the relevance of indicator species, and how to set up a site and begin […]
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University of Maine students Nolan Altvater, Hailey Cedor, Nola Prevost and Katherine Reardon have been named the fall 2020–spring 2021 Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) undergraduate fellows. Fellows receive $4,000 a semester for two consecutive semesters while they work on their chosen humanities projects and serve as humanities ambassadors to peers, the campus […]
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A University of Maine researcher and six graduate students are helping Maine state officials estimate the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Crawley, an assistant professor of regional economic development with the UMaine School of Economics, and his students are working with the State Economist’s Office to develop forecasts for how much COVID-19 will […]
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Paul Mayewski and Mariusz Potocki are highlighted in Skip Novak’s first-person account of a scientific mission in the Southern Ocean titled “Down For The Count” in the June issue of Yachting World. Mayewski directs the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine and advises Potocki, a glaciochemist and doctoral candidate. They ventured to the […]
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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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What’s the tick situation in Maine? Tick-borne diseases, some of which are debilitating, are on the rise in Maine. In this episode of “The Maine Question,” host Ron Lisnet asks University of Maine scientists Allison Gardner and Elissa Ballman about the tick situation in the state and goals of their tick-related research projects. Gardner examines […]
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Mainebiz reported the University of Maine is part of a statewide production hub for personal protective equipment for health care workers. The team operates under the Maine Emergency Management Agency and includes UMaine, the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, MaineHealth, St. Joseph Hospital, Northern Light Health, Manufacturers Association of […]
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The Fish Site wrote an article about the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin. CCAR is a business incubator that has helped to launch some of the state’s most innovative aquaculture businesses, and is focused on advancing the knowledge and capabilities of aquaculture for the benefit of the people of […]
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The awards keep coming for Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, a David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow at the Climate Change Institute. The New England Botanical Club announced that her paper, “Common garden experiments as a dynamic tool for ecological studies of alpine plants and communities in eastern North America,” has received the Merritt Lyndon Fernald Award […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on Allison Gardner’s research into ecosystem factors, such as temperature and snowpack, that inhibit the spread of blacklegged ticks. The National Science Foundation awarded the assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology $200,000 for a three-year project that begins Sept. 1. Blacklegged ticks’ current distribution appears to be mostly […]
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