The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment awarded David Townsend, a University of Maine professor of oceanography, one of its 2022 Visionary Awards. The awards recognize individuals, businesses and organizations from each state and province bordering the Gulf of Maine for their innovation, creativity and commitment to protecting the marine environment. The organization […]
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The University of Maine Graduate School of Business and the College of Engineering have partnered on a new MaineMBA concentration in engineering management. “The University of Maine’s College of Engineering is world-class and is known to be one of the strengths of our great institution,” says Norm O’Reilly, dean of the Graduate School of Business. […]
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Karen Horton, professor and coordinator of mechanical engineering technology at the University of Maine, has been awarded a Fellow Grade award from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Horton is a SWE senior life member and has been a part of the organization since 1981. SWE is a nonprofit educational and service organization that empowers […]
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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, WVII (Fox 22 Bangor), Wired Focus, Zipe Education and the Times of Northwest Indiana reported that the Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory at the University of Maine earned third place in a national competition and an invitation to the White House for developing an inclusive smartphone […]
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The University of Maine has once again been featured in the annual Fiske Guide to Colleges. The publication, authored by former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske and updated annually for nearly 40 years, highlights more than 300 of the “best and most interesting” schools in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, according […]
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In an article about polar bears eating garbage, the Conversation used data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer to illustrate the extent of Arctic sea ice retreat between 1980 and 2020. Polar bears entering human settlements to feed on garbage is a direct result of reduced sea ice and the loss […]
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The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service reported that young scholars from the Maine Summer Transportation Institute at the University of Maine visited airmen from the 101st Air Refueling Wing at the Maine Air National Guard base. “It’s great because it’s an awareness opportunity for the students who may not know about the Maine Air National […]
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Cindy Isenhour, assistant professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine, was featured on the 1010 WINS In Depth podcast discussing whether thrifting is contributing to fashion’s culture of excess. Isenhour discussed the resource loops of thrifting, particularly with respect to the growing resale market. “Some people that are looking at this […]
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In an article about Stonyvale Farm collecting food waste to create electricity using anaerobic digestion, Maine Public cited a 2018 University of Maine study that found Maine generates more than 200,000 tons of food scraps each year, and the statewide capacity for recycling all that material grew by about four times between 2014 and 2017, […]
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A memorial service will be held this fall for University of Maine professor emeritus James Acheson, who held a joint appointment in the Anthropology Department and the School of Marine Sciences. Acheson passed away June 28 at the age of 84. He joined the UMaine anthropology faculty in 1968 and retired in 2013. Acheson was […]
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