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UMaine News Release, Sept. 25, 2015 – Silvia Nittel, a professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, has received $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to enhance analysis of massive data samples collected by real-time sensors. Read the full story here.

UMaine News Release, Sept. 22, 2015 – Professor of Sociology Amy Blackstone was a guest on WERU’s Community Radio show Maine Currents, discussing her research focused on people who are childfree by choice. Visit the WERU site and listen to an audio recording of the program here.

The Diversity Committee of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology is co-sponsoring the Stanley Sue Distinguished Lecture Series which will feature a workshop and a public presentation by Dr. Jessica Good of Davidson College. Good will speak on the topic of diversity in STEM fields and facilitate a workshop focused on creating a supportive climate […]

NSF News Release, Aug. 20, 2015 – Professor of Mycology Seanna Annis has received funding from the National Science Foundation’s ADBC program (Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections) to support the preservation and cataloging of mycological samples in UMaine’s collection. Digitizing collections will support development of a rich data base to be used by scholars and […]

Bangor Daily News, Sept. 3, 2015 – Assistant Professor Sharon Klein’s studies of the spread of community supported solar power were highlighted following release of a report by Environment Maine’s Research and Policy Center on the use solar energy in New England and across the U.S. Read the BDN story here.

UMaine News Release, Aug. 13, 2015 – A collaborative study conducted by Stacia Dreyer, Mario Teisl, Shannon McCoy, and Iain Walker of the University of Western Australia was published recently in the journal Nature Climate Change. The group surveyed Australian residents to assess the impact of elections on the public’s view of policies, finding that […]

UMaine News Release, Aug. 31, 2015 – Susan Brawley, professor of plant biology, was interviewed regarding the increase in seaweed washing up on Maine beaches for a feature in the seacoastonline publication Fosters.com. Read the story here.

UMaine News Release, July 32, 2015 – Mitchell Center Fellow Aram Calhoun has created a new website designed to disseminate important scientific information to the public in an effort to protect Maine’s vernal pools. Read the UMaine story here, and visit the website using this link: vernalpools.me.

UMaine News Release, July 23, 2015 – Dr. Heather Leslie was appointed as the director of the Darling Marine Center in Walpole effective August 1. Learn more about Leslie and her vision for the Darling Center  here.

UMaine News Release, July 1, 2015 – Assistant Professor of marine biology and aquaculture Heather Hamlin knows that not all plastics are equal. Her work has shown that aquarium fish transported in plastic bags may be exposed to high levels of toxic chemicals. Read the full story here.