College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences

NSFA Agriculture Award Ellen Mallory, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture Department of Plant, Soil & Environmental Sciences With a joint appointment in the Department of Plant, Soil & Environmental Sciences and UMaine Cooperative Extension, Ellen Mallory contributes to Maine agriculture through her vibrant research and extension program focused on local foods and soil quality. Her […]

G. Peirce and Florence Pitts-Webber Award for Outstanding Research in Forest Resources—2012 Douglas J. Gardner, Professor of Wood Science School of Forest Resources Doug Gardner’s research efforts focus on two main areas: cellulosic nancomposites and wood-plastic composites. In addition to serving in the School of Forest Resources, Doug is a research scientist at the AEWC […]

University of Maine marine scientist Robert Steneck is a member of a task force that recently announced a recommendation to halve global fishing for crucial prey species such as herring, anchovy and other species known as forage fish. The Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force released on April 1 its report, “Little Fish, Big Impact: Managing […]

Coral communities are frequently associated with warm, shallow tropical waters. Yet corals survive and thrive in both deep and cold waters of regions such as the Gulf of Maine, the Arctic and the Antarctic. Just like tropical corals, cold-water corals play an important role in creating habitats that support thousands of species of ocean creatures. […]

Applications are now being accepted for the University of Maine’s Dive In 2012, a program for college-bound high school students interested in pursuing a career in the marine sciences. The program will be held July 23-25 at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole, Maine. Applications are due June 1. A three-day immersion program, Dive In gives […]

Maine EPSCoR and SSI are collaborating with MPBN on “Sustainable Maine” a series of documentaries highlighting the work of SSI researchers and stakeholders as they come together to take on tough issues. The first two episodes, “The Triple Bottom Line” and “Desperate Alewives”, are available online at http://video.mpbn.net/program/sustainable-maine/. Additional information and podcasts on the featured […]

Three University of Maine-related research projects have received seed grant awards from the Maine Technology Institute (MTI). The total amount of funding for the three projects, two of which are based in UMaine’s Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI), is $56,398 with $57,284 match. One of the ARI projects awarded a grant was a research project to […]

University of Maine School of Marine Sciences associate research professor Lee Karp-Boss had the opportunity Saturday to meet with Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, and spark his interest in oceanography using hands-on activities she co-developed at UMaine. Karp-Boss met with Ban on board the Tara, a 118-foot schooner that is the research […]

The University of Maine Center on Aging is working with healthcare and social service providers and the public to determine to what degree impaired driving among older adults in Washington County is a hazard. Impaired driving includes any condition that compromises an individual’s ability to drive a motor vehicle safely, and ranges from impaired vision […]

The University of Maine is hosting the ’Nor’Easter Bowl 2012 Regional Ocean Sciences Competition , a regional ocean sciences competition on Saturday, Feb. 4 with more than 100 top-achieving math and science high school students from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UMaine D.P. Corbett Business Building on […]