A new analysis of highly detailed ice core data and historical records shows that human-made lead air pollution has been elevated for approximately the last 2,000 years, except for a four-year period during a devastating pandemic in Europe that halted lead mining. The findings have significant implications for current public health and environmental policy that, […]
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Registration has begun for The Beaches Conference on July 14 at Wells High School. After nearly two decades and 10 events, this year’s conference will include the beaches of both Maine and New Hampshire. The day-long program will include presentations, workshops, field trips, demonstrations and exhibits — all opportunities for people interested in beaches and […]
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A highly skilled workforce, technology-using companies and energy-based resources are the most important factors supporting economic development in the United States, according to a University of Maine economist. Workforce skills and high-tech businesses are particularly key to the performance of the nation’s largest cities, says Todd Gabe, a professor in UMaine’s School of Economics. In […]
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Bridie McGreavy grew up in Brownfield, Maine, but until arriving at the University of Maine in 2010, she hadn’t been on a clam flat. Walking on exposed intertidal mud for the first time, she says, was like entering a “world that was so foreign, so beautiful.” Now, thanks to the Clam Cam — which opens […]
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In June, Joe Lee will join the University of Maine community to begin a one-year appointment as interim vice president for enrollment management for UMaine and the University of Maine at Machias. Lee comes to UMaine from the Registry for College and University Presidents, a national firm providing interim leadership in higher education. Lee’s most […]
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Three University of Maine projects were awarded a total of more than $1 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture grants to improve sustainable agriculture and help rural communities thrive. The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded nearly $17.5 million to 47 institutions nationwide. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Agriculture and […]
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Sunlight shines through the window in Carmen Tardy’s room at Orono Commons nursing home. A collage of family photos hangs on the wall above the bed. The 89-year-old Tardy, dressed impeccably in lavender sweater and scarf, sits in her wheelchair facing two University of Maine students, both young women in their early 20s. “Do you […]
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For the second consecutive year, the University of Maine graduated one of the largest classes in its history — more than 1,900 students — during the 215th Commencement on May 13 in Harold Alfond Sports Arena on campus. The event, held in two ceremonies, included the conferral of 33 doctoral degrees and two honorary doctorates […]
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Frederick Servello has been named dean of the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, effective July 1. Servello has been serving as interim dean and director since Oct. 1. A national search was conducted to fill the position of Edward Ashworth, […]
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Bradfield Lyon, a research professor at the University of Maine, wants to understand how sea surface temperature patterns in the tropics may change due to warming caused by increasing greenhouse gases. Lyon says it’s not just an increase in ocean temperatures that matters, it’s how the warming may differ from one place to another, especially […]
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