This past summer I spent 6 weeks studying in Granada, Spain, and I can say without a thread of doubt that it was one of the scariest, but most rewarding decisions I have ever made. To give you a little background information, I have always had a weak spot for the Spanish language; I fell […]
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Monday, October 28, Dr. Caroline Noblet will be presenting Economics, Psychology, and Sustainability: Oh My! at the University of Southern Maine Portland campus. For more information, visit http://people.usm.maine.edu/gramlich/colloquium/fall13/noblet/, and to register, please visit http://www.jeffgramlich.org/colloquium/registration/fall13/noblet/forms/form1.html
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Haley’s work studying the effectiveness of Maine CDC’s (Center for Disease Control & Prevention) fish consumption advisory for at-risk women is forthcoming as a research article in the journal Environmental Research Can fish consumption advisories do better? Providing benefit and risk information to increase knowledge. Haley Engelberth,Mario Teisl, Eric Frohmberg, Karyn Butts Kathleen P. Bell, […]
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Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Water and Land Use for Concentrated Solar Power Plants with Different Energy Backup Systems; by Sharon J.W. Klein and Edward S. Rubin Concentrated solar power (CSP) is unique among intermittent renewable energy options because for the past four years, utility-scale plants have been using an energy storage technology […]
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Stephanie Whalley and Binod Neupane (EES MS and PhD students, respectively – both working on the National Science Foundation Sustainable Energy Pathways (SEP) project) were accepted to the Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE) at the University of Illinois at Chicago, which they will be attending over the next 2 weeks through a partial […]
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MDF is pleased to present our first Quarterly Economic Report, Productivity in Maine. Produced in partnership with the University of Maine’s School of Economics, this series of quarterly reports further explores the economic indicators in Measures of Growth In Focus, a reliable and trusted annual report issued by the Maine Economic Growth Council. Improving Maine’s […]
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Sarah Morehead’s paper on psychological distance won second place at the 2013 joint conference (sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics; the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology; and the International Confederation for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics and Economic Psychology) in Atlanta Georgia.
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Stacia’s paper “Acceptance and support of the Australian carbon policy”, has been accepted for publication in Social Justice Research. Stacia worked on this paper with Iain Walker, Research Group Leader for the Social and Behavioural Sciences Group at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) – Australia’s national science agency. Stacia was in Australia […]
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The school links an international, transdisciplinary team of climate scientists, economists, philosphers, statisticians, engineers, and policy analysts to answer the question, “What are sustainable, scientifically sound, technologically feasible, economically efficient, and ethically defensible climate risk management strategies?” The week-long summer school fosters opportunities for collaboration and to provide graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with a […]
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New England SusTainability Consortium (NEST) A team of researchers led by the University of Maine (UMaine) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) will conduct a three-year study of the many factors affecting the health of their shared coastal ecosystem. This collaboration, funded by a $6 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), aims […]
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