Centralmaine.com advanced the 15th annual Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium, Creating Age Friendly Health Systems, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 27 via Zoom. Conference goals include examining the progress of Age-Friendly Health Systems nationally and in Maine, and understanding the social determinants of health for older adults, particularly in rural settings, among others. A […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about developing tools to help coastal communities deal with pollution problems 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19. In this talk, “The Land-Sea Conjunction Junction … What’s the Function? Connecting Coastal Places, People and Science,” UMaine researchers Lauren […]
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The Harold Alfond Foundation’s historic investment in Maine and its people includes a $240 million commitment to the University of Maine System to bring transformative change to the state’s largest educational, research, innovation and talent development asset. The Alfond investment in the University of Maine System is the largest ever to a public institution of […]
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The Harvard Gazette interviewed Alexander More, University of Maine assistant research professor with the Climate Change Institute, and Paul Mayewski, professor and director of the institute, about research using an ice core taken from a glacier in the European Alps that links climate conditions to mortality from the flu pandemic and World War I. “The […]
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The Associated Press interviewed Kristina Cammen, University of Maine assistant professor of marine sciences, for an article highlighting recent increases in seal populations along Maine’s coast. Cammen, a marine mammal scientist, advises against using hunting to reduce seal numbers. “A healthy ecosystem has sharks, seals and humans and they all have a place in that […]
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Third-year University of Maine student Margaret Campbell from San Diego, California is an ocean lover who aspires to a career in marine affairs. She started college at the University of California, Davis, a campus renowned for its marine and coastal science programs, but quickly realized that for her, bigger was not necessarily better. “The University […]
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Biologists count and identify birds in thousands of aerial photos when conducting wildlife surveys, a laborious task that consumes many hours. To reduce time spent analyzing images and the margin for error, University of Maine researchers endeavor to create artificial intelligence that will perform the task. Faculty and graduate students from several units at UMaine […]
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Stephen Shaler, director of the School of Forest Resources and associate director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, spoke with The Maine Monitor about comparing the carbon footprint of wood to other building materials. Shaler, also a professor of wood sciences, was featured in a “Sea Change” commentary piece […]
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Developing tools to help farmers adapt to climate change will be the focus of a free virtual presentation hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine 3–4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5. Researchers from University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Climate Change Institute at UMaine are working […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, about whether the changing climate has caused an increase in storm frequency in Maine, as warming oceans are imbuing the atmosphere with more moisture. Birkel said while climate change could be the culprit, the question is […]
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