College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences

UMaine nursing major Corey Conner’s favorite academic experiences have come at the local level, where she is able to pursue her studies hands-on working alongside her professors in one of the area hospitals. Outside of academics, however, Conner is making an impact at an international level. A senior on the UMaine cross country and track […]

New evidence suggests that Atlantic cod may have the ability to affect entire food webs in both benthic and pelagic marine ecosystems, according to a University of Maine marine scientist, writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). “Not only are (cod) strong interactors capable of limiting the abundance of their prey […]

At first glance, there’s nothing remarkable about the rocky Maine blueberry field in which University of Maine graduate student Nancy Price does her research. But those rocks are crucial to our understanding about how faults work nearly 10 miles below the surface of the Earth. Indeed, that’s where rocks are supposedly the strongest. Price’s findings […]

Video interviews and perspectives from University of Maine marine scientists were included in two Boston/New England Emmy-nominated productions by Maine Public Broadcasting Network, according to a report in the Portland Press Herald. The science program “Sustainable Maine” was nominated for the documentaries “Desperate Alewives” in the Outstanding Environmental Program category and “The Triple Bottom Line” […]

David Hart, director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the University of Maine and research leader for the UMaine-based Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI), was in Washington, D.C., recently serving as a panelist at the prestigious National Academies Symposium “Science, Innovation, and Partnerships for Sustainability Solutions.” Hart, a professor of in the School of […]

The Classified Employees Advisory Council and the Professional Employees Advisory Council have announced the University of Maine’s outstanding employees of the year. CEAC employees selected for 2012 awards are Dianne Perro, the administrative assistant for the Department of Earth Sciences, and Nancy Michaud, a library assistant II in the Science & Engineering Department at Fogler […]

Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, UMaine professor of food science and human nutrition, has been awarded a Senior Fulbright Specialist grant in agriculture, which will enable her to continue her research on the health benefits of wild blueberries at the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Milan in Italy. In 2007 she received a […]

The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture announces the winners of this year’s undergraduate student awards. Outstanding International Student—2012 Dung (Emily) Tran, from Vietnam, has a triple major in financial economics, accounting, and finance. An excellent student in each of her three degree programs, Emily is also this year’s outstanding international student for the […]

NSFA Outstanding Public Service Award—2012 Robert J. Lilieholm, E.L. Giddings Associate Professor of Forest Policy School of Forest Resources Rob Lilieholm’s primary focus is on forest economics and policy, important areas in the most heavily forested state in the nation. His commitment to public service runs deep and is obvious from even a quick look […]