News Releases

Rain

Overlooked trends in annual precipitation reveal underestimated risks worldwide

A reanalysis of worldwide annual trends in precipitation demonstrates that risk to human and environmental systems has been underestimated, according to a team of University of Maine researchers. As a result, they found more than 38 percent of the global population and over 44 percent of land area have been experiencing overlooked precipitation trends. Conventional […]

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Dam removal in Veazie, Maine

Research focuses on New England dam problems and win-win solutions

Decisions about whether to build, remove or modify dams involve complex trade-offs that are often accompanied by social and political conflict. A group of researchers from the natural and social sciences, engineering, arts and humanities has joined forces to show how, where and when it may be possible to achieve a more efficient balance among […]

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Weed management

UMaine research on weed management for organic farms focus of $1.9M USDA award

Weed management strategies for organic vegetable growers, including challenges to implementing them, will be the focus of a more than $1.9 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to the University of Maine. The research will be led by Eric Gallandt, a UMaine professor of weed ecology […]

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Bike rack on campus

UMaine on Princeton Review’s list of Top 50 Green Colleges

Again this year, the University of Maine is cited by Princeton Review as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges and is on the Top 50 Green Colleges list. UMaine is profiled in “The Princeton Review Guide to 399 Green Colleges,” published this week. More information is available online. The Princeton Review chose the […]

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Boatbuilding at ASCC

UMaine Composites Center receives $500,000 to help boatbuilders incorporate 3D printing technology

The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (UMaine Composites Center) has received $500,000 from the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) to form a technology cluster to help Maine boatbuilders explore how large-scale 3D printing using economical, wood-filled plastics can provide the industry with a competitive advantage. The cluster brings together the expertise of UMaine […]

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