College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences

Bai named Outstanding Graduating International Student in College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture Jinlun Bai of Kunming, China, is the Outstanding Graduating Student and Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture at the University of Maine. The Honors College student double majored in biology and psychology and minored […]

Residents of Hancock, Penobscot and Waldo county towns have benefited from three community health projects completed by University of Maine nursing seniors. The students conducted analyses to determine the health needs of each community and devised plans to address them. Elizabeth Bicknell, associate professor of nursing, was the primary mentor for all three of the […]

Three University of Maine researchers have been chosen to receive funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant Program to pursue research that will benefit the U.S. fishing industry. Two of the 40 grants were recommended to be given to projects led by UMaine researchers and one to a collaborative effort between […]

A University of Maine research team says stratification of the North Atlantic Ocean contributed to summer warming and glacial melting in Scotland during the period recognized for abrupt cooling 12,900 to 11,600 years ago in the Northern Hemisphere. Prevailing scientific understanding has been that glaciers advanced in the Northern Hemisphere throughout most of the Younger […]

Sandra De Urioste-Stone, assistant professor of nature-based tourism, and John Daigle, associate professor of forest recreation management, have received a $34,499 grant from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry for the study: “How Well Are We Serving the Outdoor Recreation Public?” The purpose of this study is to investigate perspectives on outdoor recreation […]

Third-year marine sciences major Ian Jones of Canton, Conn., is studying how ocean acidification impacts lobster larvae, an important resource for the Maine economy. Jones works with American lobsters raised at UMaine’s Aquaculture Research Center (ARC). The lobster larvae were raised last summer at various pH levels, replicating natural environments and the impact of ocean […]

A new app developed by a University of Maine graduate student allows iPhone users to take water quality measurements. “The end result we want is to crowdsource water quality data,” says the 23-year-old oceanography student from Lincoln, Vt. As part of his master’s thesis, Thomas Leeuw developed HydroColor, an app that uses three photos to […]

The Maine maple syrup that enhances the flavor of pancakes and ice cream also adds to the statewide economy. University of Maine economist Todd Gabe says, including multiplier effects, Maine’s maple industry annually contributes about $49 million in revenue, 805 full- and part-time jobs and $25 million in wages to the state’s economy. Multiplier effects […]

Alper Kiziltas, a doctoral student in the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources, was named by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) as the recipient of the 2013–2014 PerkinElmer Graduate Scholarship. The PerkinElmer Instruments Co., in conjunction with the Composites Division of SPE, sponsors the annual $2,000 scholarship dedicated to the promotion and dissemination […]