For generations, majestic American chestnut trees flourished and provided food and wood for people from Maine to Florida. These 100-foot “redwoods of the East” were called perfect trees. They grew fast and produced nutritious chestnuts for people and animals. And their straight-grained and rot-resistant wood was ideal for building houses and barns and crafting furniture. […]
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The Analytical Scientist featured University of Maine researchers taking part in the joint Climate Change Institute-Harvard University Colle Gnifetti Historical Ice Core Project. One of its main goals, according to the story titled “Frozen in Time,” is to study the intricate relationship between humans and the climate by tracking past events through ice cores. Paul […]
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The Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine published an online version of a collection of interviews with 13 people about the NAACP and civil rights in Maine gathered between 1990 and 1991. The collection, called the NAACP & Civil Rights in Maine Project, is available in the Northeast Archives of Folklore and […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Centralmaine.com promoted that Ferda Farms, representing the University of Maine, is competing for the $25,000 grand prize in Greenlight Maine’s collegiate challenge. Greenlight Maine is a television pitch competition that promotes small businesses. Other finalists are Easy Eats, representing Colby College, and Green Bait, representing the University of New England. […]
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The Boothbay Register published a media release from the Darling Marine Center about Bob Steneck, who received the University of Maine Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award. The internationally recognized marine ecologist’s expertise ranges from coral reefs and kelp forests to fisheries and marine conservation and management. Newsweek, The New York Times, The New Yorker, […]
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Phys.org ran a University of Maine media release about Frankie St. Amand’s trial risk-assessment matrix that identifies southern Maine municipalities likely to experience rapid increases in population and infrastructure development related to climate-driven resettlement. If urgent, unplanned climate-driven migration overwhelms state and local protections, the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. student says archeological sites containing artifacts of pre-European, Native […]
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Studying at the University of Maine became a journey of self-discovery for Linh Phan. Hard work and active involvement in the campus community shaped the UMaine alumna from Vinh city, Nghe An province, Vietnam, into a student leader focused on a career in accounting and finance. “From the experience I had in UMaine, I learned […]
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As sea-level rise, extreme weather events and storm surge become more frequent and severe along the Maine coast, people who live there will move inland. Globally, weather-related hazards accounted for more than 230 million displacements from 2008 to 2018, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center. In 2018 alone, 1.2 million people in the United […]
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The Associated Press reported on the federal government allocating $5 million toward the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) housed at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The TIDC, which includes six university members from across New England, strives to develop solutions for improving the durability, cost-effectiveness and the lifespan of existing and […]
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Brenda Hall has been elected a Geological Society of America Fellow for her sustained record of distinguished contributions to geosciences and the GSA through publications, applied research, teaching and contributing to public awareness of geology. Hall is a professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute at the University […]
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