The University of Maine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about Mainers working to bring back the American chestnut tree. Glen Rea, a 73-year-old retired stockbroker from Bangor who studied forestry at UMaine before switching careers, is the northern breeding coordinator for the Maine Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation. The organization is […]
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A 2011 waste characterization study by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in the Portland Press Herald article, “Maine lawmakers hear mixed testimony on composting, recycling bill.” Maine municipalities would have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional fees to help fund new efforts to stimulate composting and recycling under […]
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Two University of Maine student organizations have partnered to organize the inaugural Black Bear Leadership Summit, designed to help current students develop the skills and perspectives needed to be successful leaders on campus and later in life. The event, to be held Friday, Feb. 26 at the Wells Conference Center, will feature workshops and presentations […]
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Kit Hamley, a graduate student at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was a recent guest on Falkland Islands Television. She spoke about her research on an extinct species of fox called the warrah. Using field and laboratory techniques, Hamley hopes to learn how and when the animal arrived in the Falklands. “It’s been […]
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Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, was mentioned in the Free Press article, “Departments of transportation team up with climatologists, engineers to address sea-level rise.” As the federal government moves forward with policy and funding to tackle impending sea-level rise, climatologists and engineers […]
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The Sun Journal reported the town of Norway has been awarded a Project Canopy grant that will address the estimated 5,000 ash trees that are in jeopardy of being killed by the emerald ash borer. Norway’s tree warden said the grant will be used to develop an inventory to identify the number and location of […]
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Librarians at Fogler Library teach a range of research sessions that support educational goals across disciplines, and they often provide supplementary assistance by creating online course guides. These course guides help link students to articles, databases and other resources relevant to their research. Course guides librarians have created for faculty this semester include BUA 325: […]
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Fogler Library has added three films about Antarctica to its YouTube channel. Two of the films are National Science Foundation productions from 1975 and 1978. These include shots of University of Maine faculty members George Denton and Harold W. Borns Jr., among the many featured researchers. The third film has silent footage taken by Paramount […]
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Warren Riess is the recipient of the 2015 John Gardner Maritime Research Award from the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. Riess, a research associate professor of history, anthropology and marine sciences, is based at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Riess earned the award for making a significant contribution to the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Brewer composite manufacturer Compotech Inc. was awarded a $5,000 grant for early-stage companies in the latest round of Maine Technology Institute awards. The company, which got its start in the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center in 2011, makes composite materials primarily for defense applications such as armor, […]
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