• Hitchner-Staples Seminar: Comparative Functional Genomic Analysis of Appendage and Heart Regeneration

    203 Hitchner Hall Orono, ME, United States

    Benjamin King, Ph.D. Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory All lectures are free and open to the public. For additional information contact the Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences 581-2810. The University of Maine does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship […]

  • “Conserving Small Natural Features with Large Ecological Importance”

    107 Norman Smith Hall orono, ME, United States

    Presented by:  Aram Calhoun and Mac Hunter, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology Small Natural Features (SNFs) are analogous to keystone species in that they have ecological importance that is disproportionate to their small size. Consider coral heads in a sea grass dominated bay, groundwater springs in a desert, or the narrow riparian zones […]

  • Researcher who found massive decline in blue mussels to speak at the Darling Marine Center

    Darling Marine Center 193 Clarks Cove Road, walpole, ME, United States

    Cascade Sorte, a biologist who documented a massive decline in wild blue mussels in the Gulf of Maine, will be at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole, on Thursday, October 6, to present a “brown-bag” seminar. Her talk, “Global change consequences and coping mechanisms in coastal marine systems,” starts at noon. […]

  • Cabot Creamery Cooperative’s Open Farm Sunday

    J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center 160 University Farm RD, Old Town, ME, United States

    The University of Maine J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center will host Cabot Creamery Cooperative’s Open Farm Sunday from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. Members of the public are welcome to visit the farm for a family-friendly afternoon of free cheese, apples, games, and live bluegrass music. UMaine Applied Dairy Cooperative of Organized Working […]

  • What is Lidar and how can we use it for Natural Resource Management?

    204 Nutting Hall Orono, ME, United States

    Presented by:  Brent Mitchell, Lidar Specialist & Contract Leader, RedCastle Resources, Inc. Hosted by: The Barbara Wheatland Seminar Series The Barbara Wheatland Seminar Series seeks to recruit prominent speakers on advanced, cutting edge research and applications of remote sensing and associated geospatial technology that relate to forestry, conservation, climate change, or other areas of concern. […]

  • Workshop available for faculty, students seeking research funding

    Cross Insurance Center 515 Main Street, Bangor, United States

    The University of Maine and the National Science Foundation invite faculty and college students to attend a workshop that gives insights about submitting proposals for federal money to fund research on Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. At NSF Day, early career and tenure track faculty, as well as college students, […]