Every year in Maine, about 361,000 tons of food are thrown away, almost 40% of all food produced in the state. That includes an estimated 4,200 tons from Maine’s over 400 K-12 schools, which serve about 170,000 students. In an ongoing effort to reduce the amount of food being thrown away and improve student nutrition, […]
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This fall, the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is launching a series of virtual workshops for researchers, educators and others seeking to broaden participation for individuals with disabilities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning and work. The workshops are part of Project TIDES (Teaching and Inclusion for Disability and […]
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As the Seattle Seahawks celebrate their 50th season, a piece of the team’s visual DNA rests quietly in a university museum nearly 3,000 miles away. The team’s original logo, unveiled in 1976, was inspired by a carved cedar transformation mask created by the Kwakwaka’wakw people of British Columbia. That very mask lives at the University […]
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The University of Maine unveiled the New Balance Track & Field and Soccer Complex and the renovated Shawn Walsh Hockey Center and Alfond Arena on Sept. 27. “The New Balance Track & Field and Soccer Complex and newly renovated Shawn Walsh Hockey Center and Alfond Arena reflect transformational investments in our students, our university and […]
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) renewed the University of Maine’s first T32 institutional predoctoral training grant, expanding support for doctoral students in biomedical science and engineering. UMaine’s T32 program, launched in 2019, was the first of its kind at the state’s flagship university and remains one of only two active programs in Maine. Led […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how experts can effectively share their knowledge with rural communities at 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 29. In “Whose Knowledge Counts? Trust, Expertise, and the Politics of Sustainability in Rural America,” Nicholas F. Jacobs will explore […]
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University of Maine communications and journalism professor, Michael Socolow, spoke with the New York Times about the American tech company Oracle and their growing enterprise. Co-founded by Larry Ellison, Oracle now owns shares in TikTok, and has executed a recent $8 billion deal to secure CBS News and CNN. “Everything is consolidating,” said Socolow. “What […]
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Newsweek reported on the melting of The Alsek Glacier in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park, which has created a new island in Alsek Lake. The new land formation brings to light pre-existing concerns about global warming and rising sea levels. Karl Kreutz, University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences director and Climate Change […]
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With only 370 endangered right whales remaining in the world, University of Maine researchers have joined together with the New England Aquarium in Boston to create honing models on where the whales will appear next. Lead researcher Camille Ross, an associate research scientist at the New England Aquarium and former UMaine graduate student, told the […]
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“Research has reinforced that outdoor learning benefits students’ academic performance and their physical and social-emotional wellbeing,” Ryder Scott, executive director of University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Centers, told Mainebiz in a story about the Outdoor School for All initiative administered by UMaine Extension. The program aims to provide outdoor leadership and scientific learning to […]
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