UMaine Student-Run Greenhouse Growing Greens for Campus Dining Halls

Posted On Thursday, December 6, 2012 By . Under MAINE  Tags: , , ,   
Snowflakes floated toward the frozen ground while University of Maine students snipped salad greens inside a campus greenhouse where the temperature approached a balmy 50 degrees. The greens were a hit with salad bar customers the next day at Maine Marketplace in Memorial Union. Sonja Birthisel, a graduate student in the sustainable ...

UMaine Economic Analysis Finds Obese Youth Could Cost Maine $1.2 Billion

Posted On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 By . Under MAINE  Tags: , ,   
par par The medical costs of obesity for the current cohort of children and adolescents in Maine could reach an estimated $1.2 billion over the next 20 years, according to a new study by a University of Maine economist.par par UMaine professor of economics Todd Gabe'e2'80'99s study suggests that the incidence of obesity is ...

UMaine Extension Researching Market Potential of Antioxidant-Rich Aronia Berry

Posted On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 By . Under MAINE  Tags: , , , , ,   
A small, tart black chokeberry common in the Midwest and Northeast United States that has been recognized for its high levels of antioxidants and nutraceutical properties could become a promising new niche crop for Maine farmers as the result of work by a University of Maine agricultural researcher and colleagues. University ...

Leading quantitative conservation biologist named CU’s first Colorado Chair in Environmental Studies

Posted On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: ,   
October 1, 2012 The University of Colorado Boulder has hired its first Colorado Chair in Environmental Studies, an endowed chair awarded to Daniel Doak, a conservation biologist known for his quantitative analysis of how different government policies could affect the populations of species ranging from sea otters, California condors, corals and ...

CU’s biotechnology building earns LEED platinum rating

Posted On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , ,   
October 1, 2012 The University of Colorado Boulder’s Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology building has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, platinum rating -- the highest possible evaluation -- from the United States Green Building Council. The 336,800-square-foot research and teaching facility opened in April on the university’s east ...

CU mathematicians show how shallow waves may help explain tsunami power

Posted On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   
September 18, 2012 While wave watching is a favorite pastime of beachgoers, few notice what is happening in the shallowest water. A closer look by two University of Colorado Boulder applied mathematicians has led to the discovery of interacting X- and Y-shaped ocean waves that may help explain why some tsunamis ...

Environmental Design Degree Returns To CU-Boulder Administrative Structure

Posted On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
September 17, 2012 With the start of the 2012-13 academic year, CU-Boulder has resumed the administration, management and governance of a bachelor’s degree in environmental design and is beginning a visioning process for how to fully integrate environmental design into the wide array of related programs on the Boulder campus, Provost ...

CU-led Mission to Study Past Climate on Mars Enters Final Phase Before Slated 2013 Launch

Posted On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 By . Under COLORADO  Tags: , , , , ,   
September 11, 2012 A University of Colorado Boulder-led mission to explore and understand how the loss of atmospheric gas has changed the climate of Mars over the eons has been authorized by NASA to proceed to system delivery, spacecraft integration, testing and launch, which is slated for November 2013. The mission, NASA's ...