Several media outlets ran the announcement that a group of 19 scientists, including UMaine’s Jasmine Saros, contributed to a study that found a rise in nitrogen levels in remote lakes was likely due to human activity. The Vancouver Sun had a story about the announcement, which came from the University of Washington and was published […]
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UMaine education Professor Mary Madden was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel for a story about the continued hazing issues at college and university marching bands in Florida. Madden, who co-authored a 2008 national hazing study with fellow UMaine faculty member Elizabeth Allan, told the Sentinel she hoped the fact that some students in Florida were […]
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University of Maine ecologist Jasmine Saros provided research for a groundbreaking finding about the long-term effects of pollution published in the Dec. 16 issue of the journal Science.
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University of Maine industrial ecologist and certified Life Cycle Assessment professional Anthony Halog has received a $150,000 federal grant to create a comprehensive new online database to allow researchers, scientists and industrialists to assess ecological, social and economic implications of new and emerging products, starting with wood-based biofuels.
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Maine’s beech trees have been under attack for decades by a disease that typically shows up as disfiguring cankers on a tree species that is supposed to have a smooth and silvery bark. Affected trees grow slowly and can survive for years. Unfortunately, the diseased trees produce few beechnuts, a loss of an important food source […]
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The University of Maine Wabanaki Center, part of the Division of Lifelong Learning, has announced the dates for three lectures, part of its Wabanaki Scholars Series titled “Bringing Wabanaki perspectives to the forefront of education.”
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Anna Assenmacher, a graduate student in UMaine’s Maine Business School, was interviewed for a WABI-TV about the MBS Corps toy drive, which collected about 150 toys for local children whose parent might not be able to afford toys during the holidays. The MBS Corps is the volunteer outreach and social responsibility arm of the Maine […]
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A Bangor Daily News article about the SteriPEN, a compact water purifier which was recently named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 All-Time Gadgets, noted that some of the research for the device was done in laboratories at UMaine in the department of molecular and biological sciences. The article noted that the company turned to […]
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Andrei Strukov, a UMaine instructor of Russian and an instructional technology development specialist and web developer at UMaine, was in a photo that accompanied a Bangor Daily News story about Portland’s interest in reviving its relationship with the Russian city of Arkhangelsk, Russia. Strukov was acting as a translator during a meeting Wednesday of Portland […]
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The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program will hold its annual open house exhibition, titled this year “Converging Paths: Intermedia MFA Art Walk” on Thursday, Dec. 15 from 5-7 p.m., beginning at Lord Hall.
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