Psychology professor and national expert on aging Mick Smyer will present the 2018 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics Lecture at 4:30 p.m. April 4 in Nutting Hall, Room 100. Smyer’s lecture is titled, “Living a Full, Ethical and Sustainable Life in the 21st Century: Lessons from Psychology, Ethics and Human-Centered Design.” A reception […]
Read more
Maine singer-songwriter David Mallett will be the second featured guest of the Framing Maine conversation series at the University of Maine on April 7. “Framing Maine Two: An Evening of Song and Story with David Mallett,” will take place at 7 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. Mallett is a Maine native […]
Read more
Enzo Traverso, the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University, will speak March 29 at the University of Maine. Traverso’s talk, “Burdens of the Past: The Age of Left-Wing Melancholia,” will begin at 4 p.m. in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space at the IMRC Center in Stewart Commons. Refreshments […]
Read more
From sessions on religious and ethical respect for water resources, rivers and fish passage, to building resilience to sea level rise and citizen science, the 2018 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference March 29 at the Augusta Civic Center will feature an expanded agenda on urgent topics affecting Maine, New England, the country and globe. The […]
Read more
Maine Community Energy Advocates, a student-led organization, seeks to increase support for community-based sustainable energy and energy efficiency programs in the state by establishing a new specialty license plate. The project has been approved by the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and 2,000 pre-orders are needed to prove sufficient interest for the plates to go […]
Read more
Are you interested in installing solar swimming pool heaters? How about working in a yarn shop that supports sustainable fiber farming? People considering a career, internship or volunteer opportunities in the environmental sector are invited to the Green Jobs Forum from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at the Bangor Public Library. Several businesses […]
Read more
An anonymous gift of $10 million from the family of a University of Maine engineering graduate has been committed to help construct UMaine’s Engineering Education and Design Center, according to UMaine President Susan J. Hunter and University of Maine Foundation President Jeffery N. Mills. This is the single largest capital gift in UMaine history, bringing […]
Read more
Research led by University of Maine Professor of Oceanography David Townsend is part of NOAA’s newly announced Ocean Acidification Program. Townsend is working in collaboration with UMaine School of Marine Sciences researchers Larry Mayer, Aaron Strong and Damian Brady; Joe Salisbury of the University of New Hampshire; and colleagues from Friends of Casco Bay, Northeast […]
Read more
Taylor Michele Houdlette, a third-year English major at the University of Maine, has been awarded the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship and will study abroad in Ireland during the fall 2018 semester as part of the student exchange program. The competitive merit-based scholarship is made possible by an agreement between Maine and Ireland for a […]
Read more
Gayle Zydlewski, an associate professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, has been named director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program, effective July 1. “I am delighted to have the opportunity to join Maine Sea Grant,” Zydlewski says. “Maine Sea Grant plays such a pivotal role for Maine’s coastal communities, and […]
Read more