Rising Tide Center

UMaine News Release, Nov. 8, 2019 – Cooperative Extension Associate Professor and human development specialist Leslie Forstadt received the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) Distinguished Service Award and a communications team award for the “Growing Maine” video series. Read more about Forstadt’s work and these honors in Morning Ag Clips.

Orono, April 2, 2019 – Artist and education activist Traci Molloy returned to the University of Maine on April 2 to mount a new exhibit in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The exhibit, titled Against My Will UMaine, is mounted on the mall in front of Fogler Library, and consists of de-identified images of […]

UMaine News Release, Oct 4, 2018 – Cynthia Isenhour and Andrew Crawley, professors of Anthropology and economic development respectively, received funding for a three-year project focused on the reuse culture in Maine, a booming statewide phenomenon that may advance social, environmental and economic policy goals. Read more about this project here.

August 1, 2018 – Kristy Townsend, assistant professor of neurbiology, recently received a $1M Career Award from the National Science Foundation to engage biomedial students in investigations of the mechanisms of adult neurogenesis.  In May 2018, Townsend also received $750K from the American Heart Association to study the effects of aging on fat tissue and on […]

August 1, 2018 – Jacquelyn Gill, assistant professor of paleoecology at UMaine, is known for engaging on social media, among other skills. She recently issued a Twitter poll to her followers inquiring if scientists name their kids after their research. Read some of the responses here.

July 18, 2018 – Assistant Professor of Sociology Karyn Sporer monitors social media closely, particularly in the wake of mass casualty terror attacks. Her research seeks to use justifications of violence, as reflected in social media posts, to develop viable counter-terrorism measures. Read more about Sporer’s work, which was also featured in The Maine Edge.

UMaine News Release, Sept. 27, 2017 – Dr. Joyce Longcore, associate research professor in the School of Biology & Ecology, has received the 2017 Golden Goose Award for obscure but impactful research from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This award recognizes federally funded work that seems odd or unrelated to pressing problems […]

UMaine News Release July 19, 2017 – Susan K. Gardner, professor of higher education, has been appointed as the director of the Rising Tide Center and the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, effective July 17.  The convergent missions of the Rising Tide Center and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program focus on advancing […]

UMaine News Release June 21, 2017 – Sarah Redmond, seaweed farmer and co-director of the Sea Vegetable Nursery, and Susan Brawley, professor of Marine Science, are hoping we will soon be eating sea vegetables. They have developed a seed nursery and are currently taking orders for conventionally grown and organic seaweed seed spools. Read the full […]

UMaine News Release April 25, 2017 – The Bangor Daily News blog State & Capitol touched on the topic of mineral mining in Maine, a hotly debated topic since the 2012 passage of a law intended to allow mining in Aroostook County.  A survey conducted by Sandra De Urioste-Stone, an assistant professor of nature-based tourism […]