The Maine Agriculture & Climate Network (MECAN) at the University of Maine is hosting the virtual Spring 2021 Climate & Ag Webinar Series throughout the month of April. Each webinar, which will be held noon–1 p.m. via Zoom, will consist of three short presentations followed by a panel discussion. Speakers will include farmers, outreach professionals […]
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News Center Maine cited University of Maine System Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy in a story about the system’s campaign to encourage vaccinations. WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) and Maine Public cited UMaine nursing student Candace Doughty in reporting on the campaign. WVII (Channel 7) also covered the announcement of the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a collaborative food waste reduction project sponsored by the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Culinary students at Kennebec Valley Community College were tasked with developing value-added products using rescued food diverted from the waste stream.
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A Centralmaine.com column by Jennifer Wilder Kierstead cited reports from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine in advocating for local action to slow climate change, including introduction of a carbon tax with funds raised paid as cash dividends to citizens.
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about learning, equity and collaboration in Maine and Wabanaki wild shellfisheries 3–4 p.m. on Monday, April 12. The future of shellfishing across Maine and Wabanaki homelands is uncertain, as wild clam and mussel fisheries face pressures from […]
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When Madeleine (Madi) Landrum hiked the Appalachian and Pacific Crest trails in 2018, she saw thousands of acres of trees devastated by drought-induced wildfires and invasive pests. “Seeing how damaged the forests were in these gorgeous natural places, I felt that I needed to do something,” says the University of Maine ecology and environmental sciences […]
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Registration is open for an innovative five-week college STEM research course for qualified high school students in grades 10–12, offered by the University of Maine June 28–July 30 at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Introduction to Integrated Science and Career Exploration (INT 188), a three-credit college course, will meet 8 a.m.–noon Monday–Wednesday. Qualified high […]
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In advancing an Associated Press story about the potential for offshore wind technology to help the U.S. meet aggressive sustainable energy goals, the Portland Press Herald cited the University of Maine’s efforts to develop proprietary floating offshore wind technology in partnership with New England Aqua Ventus.
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Phys.org and WFMZ (Channel 69 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting the publication of a study by Joshua Stoll, an assistant professor in the School of Marine Sciences at UMaine, in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. The study found that alternative seafood networks (ASNs) can diversify food supply chains and […]
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Local alternative seafood networks (ASNs) in the United States and Canada, often considered niche segments, experienced unprecedented growth in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic while the broader seafood system faltered, highlighting the need for greater functional diversity in supply chains, according to a new international study led by the University of Maine. The […]
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