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Had high school senior Brianne Suldovsky not encountered the novel 鈥淪ophie鈥檚 World鈥� in her Advance Placement English class, she likely would not be heading off to the University of Pennsylvania鈥檚 Annenberg Public Policy Center for a postdoctoral fellowship in the Science of Science Communication. The book details events as a 14-year-old Norwegian girl corresponds with […]

Linda Silka鈥檚 transformation from a conventional social and community psychologist into the interdisciplinary, bridge-building and problem-solving role she fills at the Mitchell Center began in 1994 at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. 鈥淚 started out doing straight social psychology research and teaching first-year general psychology students at UMass Lowell,鈥� Silka says. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 all I knew how […]

The Maine Science Festival included a Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions session on the components and complexities of Maine鈥檚 solid waste stream On Friday, March 18 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, the three-day 2016 Maine Science Festival got underway as hordes of students from around the state took part in numerous, diverse exhibits […]

Eva Weitman has learned a lot about reading the news — and a lot about shellfish — over the past few months. The 21-year-old University of Maine environmental science major has been working with doctoral candidate Brianne Suldovsky on a research project looking at media coverage of Maine and New Hampshire鈥檚 shellfish industry to get […]

Brett Gerard, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, has been selected for the Michael J. Eckardt Dissertation Fellowship Award for the 2016 – 2017 academic year in recognition of his outstanding academic performance. Working with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, Gerard鈥檚 research examines the characteristics and […]

For Travis Blackmer, the summer of 2011 was a summer of garbage. And it changed his life. While classmates at the University of Maine were waiting tables, pounding nails, or painting houses to make tuition money, the 20-year old undergrad was pawing through trash. Tons and tons of trash. But he didn鈥檛 really mind. After […]

It鈥檚 only human to make trash. Even early hunter-gathers had a waste stream. Of course, back then most of it was biodegradable and, even when it did pile up — discarded mussel shells for instance, the long-term impact was negligible. Thousands of years later it鈥檚 a different story. Humans create mountains of waste. Americans alone […]

As part of our holiday celebration, we invited our faculty, researchers and students to submit 鈥榮ustainability鈥� photos that they鈥檝e taken in the last year, and attendees voted for their favorites. This photo by Bridie McGreavy titled, “Where water and sky meet on the mudflat” won first prize. Please contact Bridie for permission to use or […]

A research team from the University of New England, led by Chris Feurt and Pam Morgan, recently published a report on the work they completed under the NSF EPSCoR Sustainability Solutions Initiative grant. The report, titled, 鈥淪ustaining the Saco Estuary鈥�, is focused on the ten-kilometer long estuarine portion of the Saco River which lies below […]

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2015 Mitchell Center awards that were presented at our holiday celebration last week. Award winners are listed below. Outstanding Progress on 鈥淭he Road to Solutions鈥� Interdisciplinary Research Team Award Materials Management Research Team Outstanding Mentorship of a Student in Sustainability Research Bridie McGreavy, Assistant Professor, Communication […]