Aaron Weiskittel, an associate professor of forest biometrics at the University of Maine, and Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture and maple professional, were featured in Maine Public discussing the impact of climate change on maple production. Weiskittel, who was part of a team of researchers that four years ago analyzed […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/Channel 7 Bangor) featured research conducted at the University of Maine about how animals’ personalities impact the way they shape the environment around them. Allison Brehm, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology at the UMaine and principal author of the study, explained that deer mice who are […]
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University of Maine alumnus and percussion professor Scott Horey and his graduate percussion ensemble from the University of Science and Arts of Chiapas, Mexico, will be at his alma mater April 19–20 for a live performance, master class and international cultural exchange trip at the School of Performing Arts. April 20 at 7:30 p.m., Horey […]
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A University of Maine-led research study about prehistoric human activity in the Falkland Islands has been adapted into a kid-friendly format for use in classrooms by the organization Science Journal for Kids. Science Journal for Kids is a nonprofit based in Texas whose mission is to improve scientific literacy by adapting research papers for school […]
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Ink Link noted that a University of Maine project highlighting that state’s Indigenous heritage was a recipient of a Telling the Full History Preservation Fund grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Just like people, animals have personalities — and, like people, these individual differences in behavior may determine what role an animal plays in building the world around it. “Mutualisms” are symbiotic relationships between animals: clownfish keeping stinging sea anemones clean in exchange for protection, or bats providing nutritious guano to pitcher plants as they provide […]
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The Vermont publication Seven Days featured the University of Maine’s surveying degree program in an article about the decrease in surveying professionals in the state. According to the article, the Vermont Society of Land Surveyors had 157 members 20 years ago. Now, it has just 74. Many are retiring, and few people are moving in […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how art can help solve our most pressing environmental and social problems on Monday, April 18, 3–4 p.m. Countless artists, critics, curators and organizations are exploring new ways of looking at the problems we face, collecting […]
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The Maine State Science Olympiad will be held at the University of Maine on Saturday, April 9. Science Olympiad is a nationwide STEM competition where teams of high school students compete in science-related events, with the top teams advancing up to national levels. Maine has held a state-level tournament every year since the first national […]
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The Associated Press interviewed Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology & plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, for an article about climate “doomism.” Gill told the AP that she has noticed fewer people telling her climate change isn’t real and more “doomers” who believe nothing […]
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