The Princeton Review ranked the University of Maine 34 out of its 50 most environmentally responsible higher education institutions in the nation for 2023. UMaine is featured in “The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition,” which includes 455 institutions with the strongest commitments to the environment demonstrated through their practices, policies and programs. […]
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The Bangor Daily News, CentralMaine.com and Sun Journal noted that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “How can community-engaged researchers contribute to coastal community resilience?” at 3 p.m. on Nov. 7. Heather Leslie, director of UMaine’s Darling Marine Center, will discuss how […]
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WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) reported on the first Orono Energy Efficiency Fair, which was hosted by the University of Maine and the Town of Orono on Oct. 22. The project was funded by a Community Resilience Partnership Climate Action Grant, and UMaine’s Sustainability Office. Organizers say Orono’s goal is to comply with the document […]
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Inverse spoke to Prabuddha Chakraborty, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Maine, about a new study featuring a battery for electric vehicles that can charge as fast as 11 minutes. Electric vehicles have historically been expensive and heavy thanks to their large lithium-ion batteries that require more battery replacements than a traditional […]
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The Bangor Daily News and CentralMaine.com shared that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “Fulfilling our Land Grant Mission: Engaging Communities in Teaching, Research and Outreach” at 3 p.m. on Oct. 31. Registration is required to attend remotely via Zoom; to register […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “Fulfilling our Land Grant Mission: Engaging Communities in Teaching, Research and Outreach” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31. The University of Maine is the state’s land grant institution with the tripartite mission of teaching, research […]
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Spire: the Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability invites submissions for the seventh issue of the online publication planned for spring 2023. Issue 6, released April 2022, is online. Submissions should in some way concern the environment, conservation and/or sustainability — whether it’s current developments, ongoing issues, scientific findings or artistic insights on environmental themes. […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “The Maine Sustainability Hub: Building a Sustainability Community at UMaine” at 3 p.m. on Oct. 24. Registration is required to attend remotely via Zoom; to register and receive connection information, […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “The Maine Sustainability Hub: Building a Sustainability Community at UMaine” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24. Starting in spring 2021, a group of UMaine faculty and students began imagining a sustainability hub that would organize […]
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The Boston Globe interviewed Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, about offshore floating wind turbines planned for a location a few miles off the coast of Monhegan Island in 2025. “This is a major opportunity. There’s enough offshore wind to power the country four […]
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