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Doles Orchard farmer, Allagash Brewing toast AgrAbility

Doles Orchard farmer, Allagash Brewing toast AgrAbility.

Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center to Honor Barton Seaver

Chef, author and sustainable food system expert Barton Seaver is being honored by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center (MCSPC) as a Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow at a reception at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at the University Club in Fogler Library at the University of Maine. This event, originally slated for Jan. 27, was […]

Cerahelix an East Coast Finalist in Google’s Solve for X

Susan MacKay of Cerahelix, a current tenant in the Target Technology Incubator in Orono, Maine, is one of the four finalists for the East Coast campaign of Google’s Solve for X — one of 12 worldwide Solve for X events that feature technology “moonshots” addressing key global problems with innovative technology solutions. Cerahelix uses DNA to make ceramic coatings that filter contaminants 100 times smaller than a virus […]

UMaine Report Updates Climate Challenges, Encourages Proactive Preparation

Editor’s note: The story was updated April 8, 2015. Continuing or accelerating warming of the atmosphere and ocean. Intense precipitation events. Rising sea levels. These are signs of climate change, and all of them are affecting Maine people, according to Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 Update, a new report from the University of Maine. Recent consequences […]

In Alga, Steneck and Team Reveal More Than a Century of Environmental Information

University of Maine marine scientist Bob Steneck is part of an international team that has unlocked an underwater time capsule in the North Pacific that has been monitoring the climate for centuries. The time capsule is the long-living, slow-growing alga Clathromorphum nereostratum that creates massive reefs in shallow coastal regions of Alaska’s Aleutian archipelago. These […]

Innovate for Maine Program Seeking Interns and Maine Companies

The University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation is seeking motivated, innovative college students and Maine companies for the Innovate for Maine Fellows program. The application deadline for both college students and companies is March 15, 2015. The Innovate for Maine Fellows program is open to students pursuing college degrees in Maine or residents […]

Cetinić Featured in Oceanography Society Report on Progress of Women in the Field

Ivona Cetinić plays with son Veles on a beach in Rhode Island after her four-week research cruise aboard R/V Endeavor (in background) in summer 2014. University of Maine researcher Ivona Cetinić is one of four Maine scientists featured in The Oceanography Society’s “Women in Oceanography: The Next Decade,” a supplement to the December issue of […]

Maine’s Land Grant Celebrates its Legacy in the State

The University of Maine is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2015 with events on campus and statewide, and an interactive website to encourage community engagement by the many constituents of the state’s land and sea grant university. In a Jan. 23 letter to the community, UMaine President Susan Hunter noted the significance of this anniversary […]

Accounting Students to Offer Tax Filing Assistance

Accounting students in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine are offering free federal and state income tax filing assistance to the public, under the supervision of Steven Colburn, associate professor of accounting. From Jan. 29 through April 10, except for the weeks of March 2 and March 9, free help sessions will […]

Smith’s Research Hot Topic for ScienceInsider

Top 10 lists are compiled annually — last year there were lists for best books, Seinfeld characters, movies and restaurants. In 2014, an article about a University of Maine professor’s research made a best-read list. Michelle Smith, assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology, co-authored a paper about teaching approaches. Aleszu Bajak penned […]

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