The Penobscot Bay Pilot and Bangor Daily News noted that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine was selected as a finalist for a Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year award in the category of Science Innovation and Management. The awards are sponsored by Germany’s Falling Walls Foundation.
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The Bangor Daily News, The Irregular and Sun Journal highlighted an upcoming talk from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine about strategies for dam decision-making that maximize environmental, social and economic benefits. “Rendezvous for Sustainability: Creating Space for Science-Based Collaborative Solutions” will be held from 3–4 p.m. […]
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The Sun Journal cited a May overdose report released by the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center in a story about the “Rally for Recovery Event” held Saturday in Lewiston. According to that report, as cited in the article, “there were 3,222 reported fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses in Maine between January and […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine was selected as a finalist for one of seven Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year awards. Germany’s Falling Walls Foundation selected the Mitchell Center as one of 10 finalists in Science Innovation and Management for its global leadership in “Breaking […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about strategies for dam decision-making that maximize environmental, social and economic benefits from 3–4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27. Dams in the U.S. and around the world provide several benefits, including hydropower, water supply and recreation, but can […]
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Brian Sanchez, a first-generation college student at the University of Maine, 3,000 miles from his home in Soledad, California, became a top performer in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) and in the Department of Mechanical Engineering through grit and a determination to succeed. Sanchez, now a junior and midshipman third class, joined UMaine […]
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Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine and Maine’s state climatologist, talked with USA Today Network News about the evidence and impacts of climate change in Maine. Birkel noted that changing precipitation patterns and temperatures that are increasing more quickly than in the rest of the U.S. could exacerbate climate change […]
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Maine International Trade Center talked with Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, about the growing role Maine has in Arctic research and leading critical research about global climate change.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine will join the town of Orono and the city of Bangor in efforts to create a regional climate action plan that will stretch across Penobscot County. UMaine, home of the Climate Change Institute, is working to finalize a memorandum of understanding with the municipalities. News […]
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The Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine will host a series of five webinars and live forest tours that will explore the impact of climate change on diverse Maine woodlands. The Forest Climate Change Initiative and the Forest Stewards Guild will explore the impact of climate change through a series […]
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