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Paradise
Lost |
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The potential collapse of biologically diverse and economically
important ecosystems suggests a global atmospheric crisis that could
seriously harm fisheries around the world, according to UMaine
marine scientist Robert Steneck. |
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Taking the
Heat |
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Acoustic wave sensors being developed at UMaine's Laboratory for
Surface Science and Technology could provide the key to monitoring
high temperature, vibration and corrosion in Air Force jet engines. |
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Life Altering |
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Michael Kinnison and two colleagues have gathered more than 3,000
estimates of physical and behavioral changes in wild animals. The
result is proof that humans not only affect animals' evolutionary
processes, but also cause their traits to change twice as fast. |
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Music that
Opens Doors |
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In 2006 in Guatemala, a youth orchestra Anatole Wieck mentored
showed him the ultimate ability of music to not only lift the spirit
of a society, but also to bring about social change. |
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Staging
Area |
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Margo Lukens specializes in Wabanaki literary history and literature
of mixed blood. As a result of her teaching and research, she has
become an empowering facilitator for the voices of Native writers
and playwrights. |
