The Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Irregular shared a news release about the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine launching Food Rescue MAINE, a statewide education and action campaign intended to increase food rescue and recycling and reduce the amount of food waste disposed of in Maine landfills. The project slogan […]
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The Ellsworth American reported on a project led by the University of Maine Lobster Institute to prototype miniature fitness trackers for lobsters and devices to monitor the quality of their shipping conditions as part of an initiative to reduce stress points and improve survival in the lobster supply chain for the Maine lobster industry. “The […]
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The Bangor Daily News picked up a University of Maine news release announcing the award of a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to Zander Roman, a UMaine senior studying Earth and climate sciences. Roman will use the award to pursue a doctorate in paleoclimatology at UMaine and study what triggered the change in […]
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DW talked with Jacquelyn Gill, a University of Maine associate professor of paleoecology, about increasing fears of climate change, particularly among younger populations who fear for the future of the planet. “We know that we won’t be fine, but there’s a lot of space between fine and doomed,” Gill said. “That space is our greatest […]
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In an op-ed relating the increase in donations of trash to charity resale outlets, the Portland Press Herald cited a University of Maine study about the culture of reuse in rural Maine. Centralmaine.com shared the Press Herald op-ed.
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The National Post spoke with Joshua Stoll, a University of Maine assistant professor of marine policy, about local seafood networks and community-based approaches to seafood distribution. According to Stoll, alternative seafood networks have thrived during the pandemic.
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As the data science field continues to generate more jobs and create new research and economic development opportunities, educators have decided to teach it in high schools. Many of the materials and tools they use, however, are inaccessible and fail to meet the needs of students with disabilities, impeding their access to data science careers. […]
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The Forecaster and Waste Advantage Magazine reported that the city of Portland will be collaborating with the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions to track and measure food waste deposited at five new food waste collection sites around the city. The initiative is part of a larger statewide campaign to […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz, Morning Ag Clips, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and Eurasia Review, picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting research which shows that the blueberry barrens of Downeast Maine are warming at a faster rate than the rest of Maine, suggesting that unique strategies to mitigate climate change are required to sustain the […]
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What triggered the change in climate that caused the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) — the largest expansion of ice cover across the planet in the last ice age — remains a mystery, one that Zander Roman of Belfast wants to help solve. When he begins his paleoclimate Ph.D. program at the University of Maine, Roman […]
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