Using a popular video game to immerse rural Maine students in computer science and math concepts is the focus of a three-year, $2 million research project being led by University of Maine researchers. Bruce Segee, the Henry R. and Grace V. Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMaine, is leading the project that […]
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University of Maine researcher Paul Mayewski and the Climate Change Institute are lauded in the recent World Ocean Radio program “Climate Future Planning.” Host Peter Neill, director of the World Ocean Observatory, hails the work of Mayewski and CCI for creating a “software matrix that relates changes in the environment to plausible, scalable scenarios and […]
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Seacoastonline reported seven students from Traip Academy in Kittery attended the weeklong Stormwater Research Institute at the University of Maine over the summer. The students learned about the importance of stormwater drainage and how it can affect other bodies of water, according to the article. “I live close to the water, and it’s interesting to […]
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Climate change research from the University of Maine was cited in the Portland Press Herald article, “Climate change becomes a matter of mental health.” The article cited a study by three UMaine professors — Mark Anderson, Caroline Noblet and Mario Teisl — on environment and values from the summer of 2010. The study, which was […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a sea urchin restoration project being conducted at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in collaboration with the Department of Marine Resources and local fishermen. The project aims to restore the sea urchin population in Cat Ledges, which is located in the Boothbay Harbor area. “I […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz, WABI (Channel 5) and The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine has been awarded $999,120 to study pioneering farming technology and practices. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced the award in a press release. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded the collaborative research […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Arctic Newswire article, “Arctic experts warn of urgent need for collaboration.” Several speakers at a forum on Arctic issues held in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday focused on the the difficulties of communication and collaboration facing the government and […]
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The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs at the University of Maine is offering a New Researcher Orientation from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 in 3 Wells Conference Center. The session is open to new faculty and research staff. RSVP by 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 by emailing wendy.powers@maine.edu or calling 581.1484. […]
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Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine and president of StopHazing.org, was quoted in the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education article, “Educators say there’s much work ahead on hazing issue.” “Attention is growing, but we still need much more understanding and awareness,” Allan said, adding we are “still in the […]
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University of Maine geologist Gordon Bromley will study how Earth’s largest ice sheet has responded during past times of global warming to learn about how it may respond in the future to human-caused climate change. The answers have implications: If the East Antarctic Ice Sheet melts, sea level around the planet could rise about 180 […]
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