University of Maine graduate student Hannah Mittelstaedt from Maple Valley, Washington has been awarded a 2020 Switzer Environmental Fellowship for creative and compelling leadership in environmental science, policy and justice. Mittelstaedt, a doctoral candidate in ecology and environmental sciences, is advised by Amanda Klemmer and Brian Olsen. Her research focuses on discerning how anthropogenic and […]
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Integrating local norms and fishermen’s knowledge into fisheries regulations helps increase trust in fisheries management institutions and can make it easier for co-management to work. That was a discovery of University of Maine researchers Kara Pellowe and Heather Leslie, who looked at the interplay between formal and informal institutions and the implications for the co-management […]
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When Maren Granstrom learned what a forester friend in Rockland did for a living — spend days outside and talk with people about trees — she decided that was the job for her. So the Vermont native enrolled at the University of Maine and earned a master’s in forestry. And she took part in a […]
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A University of Maine and Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Maine MEP) innovation team developing solutions to COVID-19-related health care challenges has worked with in-state hospitals and manufacturing partners to build, test and start production of two variations of an “aerosol box” meant to protect frontline medical staff as they intubate or transport patients who may […]
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Interactive tactile maps with raised surfaces and braille labels have helped blind and visually impaired people navigate new environments for years. However, they are expensive to produce. Researchers from the University of Maine have developed and tested a newer, cheaper and more accessible type of digital interactive map that delivers information through vibration and voice […]
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Sympathizers of the Islamic State and the Levant (ISIL) use Twitter to promote justifications of mass casualty violence perpetrated against civilians by the terrorist group, according to a new study led by Karyn Sporer, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maine. University of Nebraska at Omaha researchers Michael Logan, Gina Ligon and […]
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2019 was a year to remember at the University of Maine. Here’s a look back at a year of adventure and achievements in research, athletics, the arts and more. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″ images_per_page=”25″ show_slideshow_link=”0″]
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Seaweed, which is gaining popularity as a superfood in the United States, has several health benefits, but whether they are retained in products that have been processed in different ways remains unclear. Research by an international team including the University of Maine aims to develop and optimize processing and preservation techniques for seaweed to retain […]
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Susan Smith, professor and assistant director of the University of Maine’s Intermedia MFA program, was selected to win the Juror’s Award from the Surface Design Association’s International Exhibit 2019 for her work titled “The Passage.” The installation piece consists of artifacts from social practice-based work at the Texas-Mexico border. Through a mourning cloth and various […]
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The recent cold snap in Maine poses a challenging question for elementary schools in the state: How cold is too cold to let children outside for recess? Lauren Jacobs, a lecturer in kinesiology and physical education at the University of Maine, has studied how the weather affects schools’ decisions when it comes to outdoor physical […]
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