Manufacturing — making products and adding value to raw materials — plays a crucial role in Maine’s economic well-being, but the industry is changing. Pulp and paper production has declined over the years as several mills have shuttered. Emerging firms are smaller than they once were, and many now use high-tech, precision manufacturing. Despite its […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a recent NASA New Investigator Program (NIP) award to Kristin Schild, a glaciologist and assistant research professor in UMaine’s School of Earth and Climate Sciences. Schild, the first Maine-based researcher to receive a NASA NIP award since 2003, will use the nearly $380,000 […]
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Bailey West, the University of Maine’s 2021 valedictorian from Stockton Springs, and Dominique DiSpirito, a junior from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, both earned the Maine Campus Compact’s 2021 Heart and Soul Student award. The award, one of five administered by the Maine Campus Compact, recognizes six Maine undergraduate students who are actively involved in transforming their […]
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Dominique DiSpirito, a University of Maine junior from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, dedicated to strengthening communities through environmental policy, has been named a 2021 Truman Scholar. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation selected DiSpirito and 61 other juniors pursuing public service careers to join the Truman Scholar ranks. DiSpirito, a political science major and Honors College […]
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News Center Maine talked with Robert Steneck, a professor of marine biology at the University of Maine, about the Netflix documentary “Seaspiracy.” According to Steneck, the film lacks balance as it does not address the varied challenges to fishing around the globe or local regulations intended to address sustainability.
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The University of Maine Office of Sustainability has announced a slate of virtual and in-person activities for Earth Week, April 18–24, offered in collaboration with a broad array of campus partners, including the Green Campus Initiative, Spire, Divest UMS, the UMaine Green Team, the Maine Bound Adventure Center, the Maine Outing Club, the Horticulture Club, […]
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Justice-oriented commitments within sustainability science have the potential to promote decolonization of academic institutions and support tribal sovereignty, according to a study led by University of Maine researchers. Co-authors from UMaine and Wabanaki Tribal Nations came together to talk about their experiences connecting justice commitments and sustainability science projects. Through dialogue, they identified the need […]
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Bloomberg cited Esperanza Stancioff, an associate professor with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, in reporting on an effort to produce laboratory-grown lobsters through cell culture.
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about how alternative seafood networks can support resilient fishing communities from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, April 19. Global seafood trade is at an all-time high, with an estimated 36% of seafood worldwide traded across international borders at […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited a report by the University of Maine Sea Grant and spoke with Dana Morse, a UMaine Sea Grant professional, about the increased spawning of oysters along Maine’s coast, which is attributed to warming ocean waters. The New Hampshire Union Leader shared the BDN story.
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