Dominique DiSpirito, a University of Maine junior dedicated to strengthening communities through environmental policy, is a finalist for a 2021 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation awards its prestigious, merit-based scholarships to juniors pursuing public service careers. Recipients can receive up to $30,000 for graduate or professional school, and earn access […]
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The Bangor Daily News, The Irregular, The Franklin Journal, the Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com advanced a webinar about promoting equity through citizen science hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Register for the webinar online.
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about how citizen science can help promote equity in the science and technology fields 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 1. In this talk, Amara Ifeji will speak to her lived experiences as a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and […]
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Morning Ag Clips, the Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal and the Portland Press Herald promoted a talk by University of Maine faculty Jean MacRae and Cynthia Isenhour at 3 p.m. Feb. 22. MacRae, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Isenhour, an associate professor of anthropology, will discuss a recent study focused on building a safe, circular […]
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Orono, Maine — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about how food waste can be safely recovered and recycled from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22. New England is making progress toward a more circular food system, in which food waste is recovered […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk by Susan Lessard, town manager of Bucksport, about how the town has weathered dramatic changes and what other communities can learn from their experience from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8. In 2018, Yankee magazine published a […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot cited a Jan. 11 report about drug fatalities in Maine compiled by University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center researchers Kiley Daley and Marcella Sorg in an article titled “Saving lives from opioids.”
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Mainebiz spoke with Caitlin Howell, a University of Maine assistant professor of biomedical engineering, about her research that includes collaboration with Sappi North America in Westbrook. Howell is seeking to use Sappi’s patterned release paper technology to produce inexpensive microfluidic channels for use in water purification systems and other medical applications.
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Centralmaine.com and Morning Ag Clips promoted a Feb. 1 talk by Amanda Beal, commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions will host the event titled “Leading Together: Strengthening Policy Outcomes through Collaboration.” More information about the event is online.
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The Bangor Daily News, Ellsworth American, Penobscot Bay Pilot and VillageSoup advanced “The Town that Refused to Die,” a Feb. 8 event sponsored by the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Susan Lessard, Bucksport town manager, will talk about how the town has weathered economic changes and what other communities can […]
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