Rising Tide Center

UMaine News Release, March 30, 2015 – Assistant Professor Sandra De Urioste-Stone of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests is looking for public input from those who reside on the banks of the Penobscot River as part of the Bay to Baxter economic development initiative. De Urioste-Stone and her colleagues are working to inform […]

UMaine News Release, March 16, 2015 – Political gridlock in Washington, D.C., will be the focus of an address by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins when she gives the Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Lecture at the University of Maine on March 31, 2015. Collins’ address, “Incivility and Hyperpartisanship: Is Washington a Symptom or the Cause?” […]

ADVANCE News, March 17, 2015 – A fifth round of Professional Development Grants has been announced by the ADVANCE Rising Tide Center. Since 2011, more than $271,000 has been awarded to 34 UMaine faculty to support the development of leadership and research skills, collection of scientific data, and formation of collaborative or mentoring relationships. To […]

UMaine News Release, March 16, 2015 – “Women in Leadership Week is a celebration of the installation of UMaine’s first woman president, but it is also a time to reflect on the many ways that women have shaped our university, to recognize the challenges that women continue to face, and to recommit ourselves to nurturing […]

UMaine News Release, March 16, 2015 – The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has approved promotion and/or tenure for 19 University of Maine faculty members. The faculty were nominated by UMaine President Susan J. Hunter based on a peer and administrative review of their successful work in teaching, research and public service. Read […]

March 4, 2015 – Four women faculty have been awarded Research Seed Grants to support their work. Associate Professor Stephanie Burnett, and Assistant Professors Cindy Isenhour, Sharon Klein and Kristy Townsend will receive funding to support a variety of projects intended to build collaborations, reduce isolation experienced by women faculty, and support their professional development […]

UMaine News Release, March 4, 2015 – The 29th annual Maryann Hartman awards will be presented to four outstanding Maine women on March 24 at the Buchanan Alumni House. This years’ winners, Maria Girouard, Deborah Thompson, and Florence Reed will be honored for their work in preserving Native American cultural traditions, for documenting the architectural […]

UMaine News Release, Feb. 11, 2015 – Deer habitat studies by Erin Simons-Legaard, assistant research professor, were the topic of the day recently on Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine radio show. Click the link to hear the audio, and read George Smith’s thoughts on this topic in his blog in the Bangor Daily News.

UMaine News Release, Jan. 29, 2015 – Marine Science researcher Ivona Cetinic is one of four Maine scientists featured in a supplement to the December issue of Oceanography magazine. Cetinic and three other oceanographers collaborated to highlight the continuing challenges faced by women in marine science. Read the supplement, “Women in Oceanography: A Decade Later,” […]

UMaine News Release, Jan. 16, 2015 – Krista Capps, assistant research professor in the Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology, seeks to explore urban watershed management in developing economies with a $60,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more about the project here.