The Bangor Daily News included the University of Maine Center on Aging in the article “Pandemic pushes older Mainers to learn new ways to stay in touch.” Senior program volunteers with the center are trying out new ways to stay connected, according to the BDN. About 14% are still actively volunteering in other ways, said […]
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The Associated Press, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), WABI (Channel 5) and News Center Maine highlighted a mobile app designed to reduce overdose deaths that was developed by Maine’s Office of Behavioral Health, in collaboration with the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab). The app, […]
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Harold “Hal” W. Borns Jr., University of Maine professor emeritus of Earth and Climate Sciences and former director of the Institute for Quaternary Studies (now the Climate Change Institute), died Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Borns was an internationally acclaimed glacial geologist and professor. But he almost became an engineer. After serving in the U.S. Coast […]
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Incentivizing both sequestration and avoidance of emissions— using a carbon rental or carbon tax and subsidy approach — versus only a carbon tax encourages protection of natural forests by valuing the standing stock, according to a new study led by Georgia Institute of Technology. In their study, the research team — Alice Favero, associate director […]
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During the coronavirus pandemic, some people are realizing they don’t have a strong relationship with the food system or local food producers. Local Catch can help remedy that, says University of Maine assistant professor of marine policy Joshua Stoll. The Local Catch Network is a community of fishermen, researchers and consumers committed to providing local, […]
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The McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine will offer “Humanities from Home” videos beginning Wednesday, March 25. MHC humanities specialist Karen Sieber will post short videos daily at 2 p.m. to the center’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. Using the items around her, from books and records to art and even pantry items, she […]
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While “The Maine Question” podcast is on a brief spring break, host Ron Lisnet encourages listeners to check the lineup in case they missed any episodes, as well as to share their favorite conversations with friends. Topics of the podcast, now in its second season, have included news in the 21st century; dog biscuits made […]
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Development of new molecular tools to advance understanding of calcium release activated calcium (CRAC) channels in the plasma membrane is the focus of a nearly $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to a University of Maine-led research team. The molecular tools — novel compounds called light-operated CRAC channel inhibitors (LOCIs) — will allow researchers […]
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Adam Daigneault is analyzing how Maine’s working forests and farms can also be employed to mitigate greenhouse gases (GHG) that are warming the planet. The University of Maine E.L. Giddings Assistant Professor of Forest, Conservation, and Recreation Policy is identifying cost-effective and impactful practices — think commercial thinning and no-till farming — for a United […]
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The latest episode of “The Maine Question” asks, what color is your fat? The word “fat” evokes a certain reaction in our culture. For associate professor of neurobiology Kristy Townsend and her students, it’s the subject of research on many levels. Fat communicates with the brain, it battles disease, it plays a role in the […]
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