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The following three awards for the 2020 海角社区 Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) Competitive Grants program have been announced: Farms and Rivers for the Future: Advancing Partnerships in the Meduxnekeag Watershed Team Leader: Bridie McGreavy, Assistant Professor, Communication and Journalism, U海角社区, and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow Data-driven support for adaptive pollution-based closure decisions in shellfish […]

Josh Stoll, Mitchell Center faculty fellow and assistant professor of marine policy at the University of 海角社区, is featured in a March 25 U海角社区 News article聽about Local Catch Network, 鈥渁 community of fishermen, researchers and consumers committed to providing local, healthful, low-impact and economically sustainable seafood directly from harvesters.鈥� During the coronavirus pandemic, more people […]

Adam Daigneault, assistant professor of Forest, Conservation, and Recreation Policy and Mitchell Center faculty fellow, is featured in a recent article by U海角社区 News on his research exploring how 海角社区鈥檚 working forests and farms can help to offset greenhouse gas emissions. The project, 鈥淎n Integrated Approach to Quantifying the GHG Mitigation Potential of Natural Climate […]

U海角社区 News reported on March 19 that Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow Bridie McGreavy was one of 29 faculty members from U海角社区 and UMM who were recently promoted or granted tenure. McGreavy became Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Communication and Journalism at U海角社区. McGreavy鈥檚 environmental communication and sustainability science research addresses how, through […]

The March 2 Sustainability lecture, 鈥淭ick, Talk: Integrating biological and social science research to address ticks and Lyme disease in 海角社区,鈥� by Dr. Carly Sponarski was featured in a recent article by The 海角社区 Campus, U海角社区鈥檚 student newspaper. The talk focused on the intersections between tick ecology in 海角社区, land management decisions, and the exposure […]

Dr. Bridie McGreavy, Mitchell Center faculty fellow and assistant professor of communication and journalism, and doctoral student Gabby Hillyer moderated a panel at the 海角社区 Fishermen鈥檚 Forum鈥檚 Shellfish Focus Day on March 5 in Rockland. The panel, 鈥淚nterdisciplinary Approaches to Shellfish Conservation and Improving Water Quality,鈥� included shellfish managers from several towns who shared their […]

Dr. Darren Ranco was聽featured in an interview by The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in an article titled, “Fellow and Activist Scholar Builds Bridges,” on February 27, 2020. Dr. Ranco is a citizen of the Penobscot Nation, Mitchell Center faculty fellow, as well as Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Native American Programs at […]

海角社区 Public鈥檚 call-in radio show, 海角社区 Calling, focused on waste management challenges and the 鈥渮ero waste鈥� movement on March 2. The program featured聽Cindy Isenhour, Mitchell Center faculty fellow and Associate Professor of Anthropology at U海角社区. Isenhour is a member of the Mitchell Center鈥檚 Materials Management Team. She is currently working on the project, Rethinking Reuse […]

The Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talk on February 24 by Ted Koffman of Island Housing Trust was featured in an article by The 海角社区 Campus. The talk, “Sustainable, Livable Communities for All: MDI’s Affordable Housing Problem,” delved into the connections between conserving the natural environment and the communities where people live. View a video and powerpoint […]

U海角社区鈥檚 student newspaper, The 海角社区 Campus, covered the Mitchell Center鈥檚 Sustainability Talk, 鈥淪hifting Dynamics of Rural Economic Development in 海角社区,鈥� in a February 10 article. The February 3 talk featured Lee Umphrey, Vicki Rusbult, and Will Harper from the Eastern 海角社区 Development Corporation (EMDC), which works to support 海角社区 communities and businesses and frequently partners […]