An online workshop series for educators, “Service Learning/Community-Based Learning: Making It Work for Your Students, Your Community, Your University,” will be offered in July to University of Maine System faculty members and graduate students. Linda Silka, Senior Fellow at UMaine’s George Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions; Lois-Ann Kuntz, associate professor of psychology at the University […]
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University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library will host a free webinar about managing personal finances during the COVID-19 pandemic 1–2 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. Topics will include starting a budget, understanding financial literacy and the effect of the pandemic on retirement planning. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentations. The webinar will feature presentations […]
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A University of Maine researcher and six graduate students are helping Maine state officials estimate the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Crawley, an assistant professor of regional economic development with the UMaine School of Economics, and his students are working with the State Economist’s Office to develop forecasts for how much COVID-19 will […]
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University of Maine alumnae were among those honored on Thursday, May 14 as County Teachers of the Year by the Maine Department of Education and Educate Maine. Of the educators recognized, eight have degrees from UMaine: Cumberland County Teacher of the Year: Cindy Soule, B.S. in social work Franklin County Teacher of the Year: Melissa […]
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The University of Maine has manufactured more than 2,200 bottles of testing solutions required to perform aerosol fit tests of N95 masks in accordance with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration protocols for testing Personal Protective Equipment. Maine public sector enforcement guidance requires that state and local government health care employers perform an initial qualitative fit test for […]
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Helping Maine businesses find food waste solutions is the focus of the Maine Food Production Leadership Council, developed as part of a collaborative project led by a team of University of Maine students and faculty in connection with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Susanne Lee, executive-in-residence at the Maine Business School […]
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The Fish Site wrote an article about the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin. CCAR is a business incubator that has helped to launch some of the state’s most innovative aquaculture businesses, and is focused on advancing the knowledge and capabilities of aquaculture for the benefit of the people of […]
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The nonprofit Rural Aspirations Project will host a virtual launch for its new website, Community Learning for Maine (CL4ME) on Thursday, May 14 from 4–5 p.m. on Zoom. The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development helped develop the site, with associate professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle serving in an advisory role […]
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Disease-transmitting blacklegged ticks invading new areas are a threat to the health of people and animals and are a burden on the economy. Allison Gardner will seek to isolate ecosystem factors — including temperature and snow pack — that inhibit their geographic spread and that lead to methods to control them during vulnerable life stages […]
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The Associated Press reported on three University of Maine professors who were awarded fellowships to conduct research in Acadia National Park. The faculty members are Rachel Fowler, laboratory coordinator with the School of Biology and Ecology; Bonnie Newsom, assistant professor of anthropology; and Jay Wason, assistant professor of forest ecosystem physiology. The fellowships were awarded […]
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