Two of the University of Maine’s top employee awards will be presented to librarian Jennifer Bonnet and administrative specialist Karen Moffett on April 25. Bonnet, who specializes in social sciences and humanities in Fogler Library, will receive the 2017 Outstanding Professional Employee Award. Moffett, who works in the School of Economics, will receive the 2017 […]
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Alessio Mortelliti, an assistant professor of wildlife habitat conservation at the University of Maine, is one of three scientists who have been awarded fellowships to conduct research in Acadia National Park. The fellowships were awarded as part of Second Century Stewardship, an initiative of the National Park Service, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, and […]
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With Earth’s population of more than 7,495,217,688 increasing by one person every 15 seconds, there’s an intense demand for nutritious, high-protein food. Aquaculture — the farming of aquatic plants and animals — is helping to meet the need. And it’s the fastest-growing form of food production. In Maine, innovative research is being conducted to better […]
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An economic impact study conducted by the University of Maine was mentioned in a WLBZ (Channel 2) report about the town of Bar Harbor’s proposal to turn one of its ferry terminals into a cruise ship hub. Town officials want to buy the ferry terminal off Eden Street from the state and create a maritime […]
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A 2011 waste characterization study by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in a Portland Press Herald article about the launch of the state’s first municipal food waste collection programs. The two pilot programs will offer free, weekly curbside pickup of food scraps in select South Portland and Scarborough neighborhoods. Based on […]
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University of Maine Ph.D. student Brie Berry’s interest in sustainability was sparked during the two years she spent in a rural area of the West African Republic of Mali as a Peace Corps volunteer. “I joined the Peace Corps to experience what it was like to live in another place with a very different culture,” […]
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The Associated Press reported Xudong Zheng, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, has been awarded more than a half million dollars from the National Science Foundation to study the human voice. The project will use computer models to look at sound production. Zheng says better understanding of vocal function can […]
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Pacific Standard reported on a recent research expedition by Aaron Putnam, assistant professor with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. Putnam traveled to Mongolia to develop a chronology of glacial retreat, taking samples from granite boulders that were once suspended in ice in the Altai Mountains, according to the article. Back at UMaine, Putnam […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on an innovative, wireless home technology, developed at the University of Maine, that could someday take the place of traditional, hard-wired sleep studies in a clinical setting. The technology used in the patented device, known as the SleepMove, has been used to analyze sleep patterns in newborns with opiate dependency, […]
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A forensics researcher on the front lines of the drug abuse crisis in Maine and nationwide, the founder of UMaine’s nationally recognized Writing Center and an international expert on El Niño will receive the University of Maine’s top annual faculty awards. Research Professor Marcella Sorg will receive the 2017 Presidential Public Service Achievement Award; Professor […]
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