Department of Environmental Science and Policy – News

The Contingent Professor: Advice for Adjuncts

lpipkin — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:39:32 +0000

Professor Emeritus, Robert Sanford, and former member of the Environmental Science & Policy department, Daniel Martínez, have published a new book. The Contingent Professor: … Read More

ESP student Ian Mowatt receives 3rd place research poster award at the 2025 Northeast Natural History Conference

lpipkin — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:38:44 +0000

Congratulations to ESP’s Ian Mowatt! This research began under the 2023-2024 MEIF-funded Maine-Greenland Collaboration grant. Ian joined this research in 2024, when he received a … Read More

Environmental Science & Policy students present at the American Association of Geographers Conference in Detroit.

lpipkin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:26:23 +0000

Students, Kaitlyn MacPhee & Lily Newton and ESP Associate Professor, Vanessa Levesque presented their poster “Explorations of Resilience Adaptive Capacities in Rural Maine Municipalities” at the American Association of Geographers Conference in Detroit this March.

Environmental Science & Policy students present at the Northeast Natural History Conference

lpipkin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:13:30 +0000

Environmental Science & Policy Students, Ian Mowatt & Sage Tocci, presented posters at the Northeast Natural History Conference on Saturday, April 5.

Dr. Staples presents at the Maine Entomological Society

lpipkin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:17:05 +0000

Join Dr. Staples for this online presentation with the Maine Entomological Society as he shares ongoing studies from the Environmental Entomology and Chemical Ecology Laboratory (EECEL) at USM, where researchers investigate how trace amounts of pesticides and pollutants can subtly alter insect behavior and physiology, with potential ripple effects across entire ecosystems.

ESP Alumni create “Forgotten Lore Eco Lodge”

lpipkin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:14:40 +0000

Environmental Science & Policy alumni and brothers, Matt and Jason Duff, have built a special place in the Maine woods. Forgotten Lore Eco Center … Read More

Environmental Science & Policy graduate highlighted by the Maine Climate Council

lpipkin — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:45:25 +0000

The Maine Climate Council interviewed recent Environmental Science & Policy graduate, Carter Frank.

USM Emeritus, Dr. Rob Sanford, quoted in BDN article about recycling windmill blades

lpipkin — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:05:16 +0000

Environmental Science & Policy professor, Dr. Rob Sanford, quoted in BDN article about recycling windmill blades

IPCC Report

lpipkin — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 15:07:00 +0000

Climate Change 2023 - Synthesis Report

Professor and Alumna collaborate in a new Environmental Impact Assessment textbook

lpipkin — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:51:10 +0000

Dr. Robert Sanford has written a new textbook, “Environmental Impact Assessment in the United States”, and his former student and Environmental Science & Policy … Read More