The Bangor Daily News and Sun Journal reported that University of Maine has achieved full, endorsed membership in the Age-Friendly University Global Network. The initiative promotes maximizing the intergenerational appeal of higher education programming through a 10-principle framework, with the goal of expanding inclusiveness and the age-friendly focus within individual academic institutions. UMaine is the […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on bringing together diverse interests to slow the spread of the invasive emerald ash borer and protect Maine’s ash trees on Monday, April 11, 3–4 p.m. The emerald ash borer poses a potentially devastating threat to all […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is hosting a Sustainability Networking Poster Session on Friday, April 22 from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. in the Memorial Union Bear’s Den Upper Level. Lauren Ross, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Sean Smith, associate professor at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, are […]
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The 2022 Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit will be held virtually on Friday, April 15, from 9 a.m.–noon. This year’s theme is “Improving Maine’s Food System.” Food waste data is grim. The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that 40% of food produced is never eaten, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds that this waste […]
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Walter Golet, assistant professor in the School of Marine Sciences and sited at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, has been named chair of the U.S. ICCAT Advisory Committee. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is one of many regional fisheries management organizations where countries and fishing entities come together to […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” and the PFAS crisis in Maine 3–4 p.m. on Monday, April 4. PFAS, a group of thousands of chemicals with the ability to repel both water and oil, has been used […]
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Data from the Univeristy of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing temperature differences from normal predicted over the Arctic this week was used in a Washington Post article a “bomb cyclone” — a storm or zone of low pressure that intensifies at breakneck speed, bringing unseasonably warm weather to the region. The data showed that the temperature […]
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Changes in the Arctic affect Maine, despite them being separated by more than 1,000 miles. Several scientists from the University of Maine study these shifting conditions of the climate and environment in the region and their impacts. In 2018, the UMaine Arctic Initiative was formed to build on their work and enhance collaboration in the […]
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In an article about pioneers in floating offshore wind power, the Business Download featured the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center director Habib Dagher, and engineers Jacob Ward and Anthony Viselli, who both grew up in rural Maine and graduated from UMaine. Today, these engineers and their team are making history — and […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how forest management practices may affect ticks and tick-borne disease 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 28. Maine has seen a five-fold increase in the incidence of Lyme disease, which is transmitted by the black-legged tick, over the […]
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