Thirty-four University of Maine faculty have received tenure and/or promotion. The faculty members were nominated by UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy based on a peer and administrative review of their successful teaching, research and public service, and approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. “We are extremely proud of our world-class faculty who […]
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Graduate students in the University of Maine’s Food Science and Human Nutrition Program and Dietetic Internship took their expertise to Augusta this winter to help Maine’s legislators make informed decisions regarding nutrition policy. Nine students from the program culminated the communication effort by helping to host the Maine Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Legislative Breakfast […]
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Jane Puhlman joined the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders as an assistant professor this fall. What has your journey been to this point? I obtained a master’s in speech pathology at Southern Connecticut State University. After graduation, I moved to upstate NY for 4 years and worked as a school based speech pathologist and […]
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Jay Wason joined the School of Forest Resources as an Assistant Professor of Forest Ecosystem Physiology this fall. What has your journey been to this point? Native of Syracuse, New York. BA from the University of Pittsburgh. PhD from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry studying mountain spruce-fir forest responses […]
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Continued development and dissemination of outreach materials on the risks and regulations associated with moving potentially infested firewood are essential to reduce the spread of invasive forest pests, according to University of Maine researchers. How campers’ knowledge of forest insects affects the transportation of firewood is the focus of a recent study led by John […]
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Seth Campbell joined the School of Earth and Climates Sciences and the Climate Change Institute as an assistant professor this fall. What has your journey been to this point? I completed a B.A. at the University of Maine in Farmington (1996-2001) and shortly thereafter, moved to UMaine. I never really left! I completed an MBA […]
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Ecological traps have the potential to effectively control pest species and inhibit the spread of infectious diseases, according to a University of Maine researcher. A recently published study led by Allison Gardner, an assistant professor of arthropod vector biology at UMaine, provides new insights into how ecological traps, which occur when organisms show preference for […]
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Developing tools and information resources to help small to medium-size farms in New England address climate change-related issues that affect productivity, including changes in growing season, drought risks and new pests, is the focus of a new University of Maine research project. The initiative is part of a nearly $500,000, three-year grant to the University […]
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) recently accepted a new assessment of northern shrimp populations in the Gulf of Maine that relied on a computer model developed at the University of Maine. Yong Chen, UMaine professor for fisheries population dynamics in the School of Marine Sciences, and postdoctoral associate Jie Cao created the model, […]
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NOAA Sea Grant announces the award of $1.4 million in grants to the University of Maine for two projects to further advance the development of a sustainable marine and coastal aquaculture industry in the United States. The National Sea Grant College Program awarded $725,365 to Heather Hamlin, Deborah Bouchard and Ian Bricknell of the Aquaculture […]
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