Aaron Putnam was featured in a Warm Regards Podcast about his recent research expedition in Mongolia. The assistant professor with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute searched for clues in the Altai Mountains about what caused the Earth to lurch out of the last ice age about 20,000 years ago. Warm Regards is a […]
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TeCake.com reported on additional dark chocolate findings from researchers at the University of Maine, Luxembourg Institute of Health, University of Warwick Medical School and the University of South Australia. Researchers found that eating dark chocolate daily improves cardiovascular health and prevents diabetes.
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Many thousands of years ago, as the world slowly began to thaw at the end of the last ice age, the landscapes of southern Peru were quite different than the ones University of Maine’s Gordon Bromley finds himself wandering about these days. Large domes of ice, blanketing the high and jagged peaks of ancient cordilleras, […]
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The important role of 19th-century maritime history in shaping Maine will be the focus of the Maine Heritage Lecture Oct. 24 at the University of Maine. Stephen Hornsby, director of the Canadian-American Center and professor of anthropology and Canadian studies, will speak on “Industry’s Ocean: What Built Antebellum Maine.” The free public lecture, sponsored by […]
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Read transcript University of Maine wood scientists and engineers are evaluating the performance of cross-laminated timber (CLT) made from solid-sawn and composite lumber from trees grown in Maine and the northeastern U.S. In the 1990s, CLT was developed in Austria as an alternative to stone and concrete. It was recently incorporated in the International Building […]
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Fifteen University of Maine Honors College students will attend the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Seattle, Oct. 13–16. Each will make at least one presentation, either on research conducted in collaboration with UMaine faculty mentors, or on Honors pedagogy and culture. Some of the students also will participate in panel and roundtable discussions. In […]
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Michael Kinnison, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Fly Rod & Reel magazine article about conserving brook trout known as “anadromous brook trout” or “salters.” The fish spawn in freshwater but don’t spend years at sea or undertake long migrations, according to the article. They frequently trade […]
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Marcella Sorg, an anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “DEA will cut amount of opioids produced in U.S. by at least 25 percent.” The Drug Enforcement Administration recently announced it will significantly reduce the amount of prescription […]
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DigitalCommons@UMaine provides a format for publishing electronic books and monographs, offering an opportunity for faculty to incorporate the accessible and effective technology into the design of on-site and online courses. Publishing options include integrated cover images, chapter indexing, print on demand, online reading capability and full-text downloads. One example of an open-access monograph on Digital […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Kimberley Rain Miner, an Earth and climate sciences Ph.D. student at the University of Maine, about her work developing policy to build climate resilience. For her doctorate, Miner is developing a framework to assess the threat of pesticides — including DDT and other persistent organic pollutants — that for years […]
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