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National Geographic continues legacy exploration by venturing to top of Everest with two bold originals

Editor’s note: Six Climate Change Institute explorers participated in the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition featured in the “Expedition Everest” special scheduled to air at 10 p.m. EST June 30 on National Geographic. CCI director Paul Mayewski was the expedition leader and lead scientist. He guided the biological, geological, glaciological, meteorological, mapping […]

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USDA awards $149,000 to climate change adaptation fellowship program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NE-SARE) program has awarded $149,000 to the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture. The award will support a yearlong fellowship program for agricultural advisers and farmers working in vegetable and small fruit industries to adapt to challenges related to climate change.  The […]

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Telehealth therapy

Psychological Services Center offering COVID-19 Stress Clinic, general teletherapy

New telepsychology services, including one focused on stress responses to COVID-19, are now available through the Psychological Services Center at the University of Maine.  The center is the in-house outpatient clinic for an American Psychological Association accredited doctoral training program in clinical psychology. Staffed by clinician-psychologist teams with specific expertise, the center serves clients throughout […]

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University of Maine to offer new online bachelor of arts in economics

This fall, the University of Maine School of Economics, in partnership with UMaineOnline, will launch a fully online bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in economics. The B.A. in economics is the newest addition to UMaineOnline’s growing portfolio of undergraduate programs that includes business administration, political science, surveying engineering and university studies, and nearly 40 graduate […]

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American Chestnut tree

Tan, colleagues plant American chestnuts to return ‘perfect tree’ to ecosystem

For generations, majestic American chestnut trees flourished and provided food and wood for people from Maine to Florida. These 100-foot “redwoods of the East” were called perfect trees. They grew fast and produced nutritious chestnuts for people and animals. And their straight-grained and rot-resistant wood was ideal for building houses and barns and crafting furniture.  […]

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New research significantly advances production of polyrotaxanes 

Researchers have made a significant advance in the synthesis of high-energy mechanically interlocked polymers (MIP) used in exotic materials, according to a new study in the prestigious journal Science.  University of Maine professor R. Dean Astumian, a theorist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is a corresponding author of the study, along with Sir […]

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Mason awarded University of Maine System Trustee Professorship

Craig Mason, a professor of education and applied quantitative methods in the College of Education and Human Development, has been chosen as the 2020–21 University of Maine System Trustee Professor for UMaine. The competitive award provides release time and support for faculty to undertake research and other scholarly creative endeavors not feasible within their normal […]

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Maine’s higher education leaders propose principles for safe fall reopening 

Maine’s higher education leaders have collaborated on a statement of principles for safely reopening their campuses this fall that summarizes the $4.5 billion impact and essential functions of the state’s 38 colleges and universities. The Framework for Reopening Maine’s Colleges and Universities in Fall 2020 includes strategies and practices that can be implemented in partnership […]

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Coastal flooding

With St. Amand’s matrix, town planners can ID at-risk archaeological sites 

As sea-level rise, extreme weather events and storm surge become more frequent and severe along the Maine coast, people who live there will move inland.  Globally, weather-related hazards accounted for more than 230 million displacements from 2008 to 2018, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center. In 2018 alone, 1.2 million people in the United […]

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