Signature and Emerging Areas

Pen Bay Pilot notes Mitchell Center accolade

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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Maine media highlight dam-decision making talk

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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Sun Journal cites overdose report in event coverage

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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Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions honored by Falling Walls as a finalist for 2021 Science Breakthroughs of the Year award

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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Mitchell Center hosts talk about challenges, opportunities for dam decision-making

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

Brian Sanchez: Pathways graduate excels in NROTC, engineering

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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Birkel comments on climate change in Maine, New England in USA Today

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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CRSF announces forest climate change webinar, tour series

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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