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SBE Seminar Series Spring 2023: Brian McGill

Norman Smith Hall, Room 5710 ME, United States

Dr. Brian McGill, University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology: "The futures of ecology" A poll of the graduate students who invited me  revealed that they most wanted to hear me talk about succeeding as a graduate student, future trends in ecology, and my research on trends in biodiversity. Thus I will address the […]

USGS Water Science Centers: Serving our Communities with Science

Norman Smith Hall, Room 107 University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “USGS Water Science Centers: Serving our Communities with Science,” on Monday, March 6 at 3 p.m.  Speaker John Bumgarner is the director of the U.S. Geological Survey’s New England Water Science Center (WSC). He joined the New […]

SBE Seminar Series Spring 2023: Lauren Azevedo-Schmidt

Norman Smith Hall, Room 5710 ME, United States

Dr. Lauren Azevedo-Schmidt, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology, and Climate Change Institute Abiotic and biotic processes influence plant and insect herbivore species, a pattern that has been occurring across millions of years. By bridging the gap between modern and paleoecological studies we can more accurately root our understanding of community dynamics against the backdrop […]

Talk – Stepping up to the Plate: Innovations in Food Waste Reduction

Norman Smith Hall, Room 107, and Online University of Maine, Orono, ME

The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Masks are required for all Mitchell Center talks. Speaker: Angel Veza, Senior Manager of Capital, Innovation, and Engagement, ReFED Wasted food is a solvable challenge that […]

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SBE Seminar Series Spring 2023: Min Wu

Norman Smith Hall, Room 5710 ME, United States

Dr. Min Wu, Yale School of Medicine Mast cell is specialized in sensing and rapid responding to foreign antigen. Our lab discovered that many signaling, and actin cytoskeletal proteins formed […]

2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference

Augusta Civic Center 76 Community Drive, Augusta, ME, United States

Sign up for our e-newsletter for conference updates or go to the conference website at 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference. The Maine Sustainability and Water Conference provides an annual forum where professionals, researchers, consultants, citizens, students, regulators and planners gather to exchange information and present new findings on sustainability and water resource issues in […]

SBE Seminar Series Spring 2023: Charlie Cogbill

Norman Smith Hall, Room 5710 ME, United States

Dr. Charles Cogbill, Harvard Forest The forests of Maine before Euro-American settlement This presentation develops a reconstruction of the vegetation of Maine before major changes wrought by Euro-American activities. After reviewing lines of evidence from biogeographical zones, modern analog vegetation, and “old growth” remnants, empirical historical data are compiled. This picture is based on an […]

Film Screening: ‘The House We Lived In’

DP Corbett Room 100 ME, United States

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is hosting a film screening of "The House We Lived In" with a post-screening talk and Q&A with the filmmaker and his father. A decade in the making, a young filmmaker confronts family, memory and addiction as he chronicles his father's journey to recover lost memories following a […]

‘Climate Change as an Ethical and Institutional Crisis’: A Talk by Professor Stephen Gardiner

McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House 2 Alumni Place, Orono, Maine

Professor Stephen Gardiner is the 2023 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics. A renowned climate ethicist from the University of Washington, Gardiner will deliver a talk entitled "Climate Change as an Ethical and Institutional Crisis." The talk will be held on April 13, 3:30–5 p.m. in Buchanan Alumni House. A dessert reception will follow. […]

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