The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on University of Maine graduate student Garrett Raymond as part of its “Meet” series. Raymond is pursuing a master’s degree in the School of Economics and is a member of the campus-based group Maine Community Energy Advocates. The group’s goal is to advance community energy projects in […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported on research being conducted by Suzanne Greenlaw, a doctoral candidate in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, in an article about Acadia National Park officials and members of Maine’s four Indian tribes exploring the possibility of allowing basket makers to harvest sweetgrass in salt marshes within the […]
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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. Emily Duran-Frontera, Anna Wright, Elizabeth Kowash, and Mackenzie Clapp culminated the communication effort by helping to host the Maine Academy of Nutrition […]
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Sarah Vogel investigates the human dimensions of dam relicensing Master’s student Sarah Vogel graduated from Tennessee Technological University with dual degrees in Environmental Biology and Wildlife and Fishery Sciences, which gave her some of the skills needed for her work on the Mitchell Center’s Future of Dams (FoD) project. Sarah Vogel capturing bullfrogs. But it […]
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Jill Pelto, a graduate student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the opinion piece, “Artists engage the science of climate change,” published in the Press Republican of New York. Earth’s changing climate has brought artists working in all media to express in their own way […]
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Skylar Bayer, who graduated last spring from the University of Maine with a Ph.D. in marine biology, has been studying scallops for six years in professor Richard Wahle’s lab at the Darling Marine Center. Her research addresses questions about scallop reproduction. Scallops are broadcast spawners, releasing their eggs and sperm separately into the water. Fertilization […]
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A native fungal pathogen that has increasingly damaged eastern white pine throughout New England in the last three decades has been found to be most severe in stressed, weakened trees, such as those growing in poor soils or in extremely dense, overstocked stands. Extremes in climate also are predisposing trees to more damage due to […]
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University of Maine researchers have developed a tool called “BeeMapper” that will allow blueberry growers to assess the predicted wild bee abundance in the landscape surrounding their crop fields. “Having a better understanding of the predicted wild bee abundance in the landscape surrounding crop fields is important when making pollination management decisions,” says UMaine doctoral […]
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Kimberley Miner, an Earth and climate scientist and graduate student at the University of Maine, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) about how to keep warm in cold temperatures. Miner studies climate change by researching glaciers and has been to places including Antarctica and Alaska, according to the report. Her gear has kept her warm in […]
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VillageSoup reported Waldoboro fisherman Glen Melvin and the Medomak River Task Force recently received a Sen. George J. Mitchell award for “outstanding contribution by an external partner to sustainability research.” The award was given to acknowledge Melvin for his help with the drifter project led by UMaine graduate student Gabby Hillyer, who is pursuing a […]
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