Research Café
"Reflections of a Research Community"
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Topic: The
Environmental Solutions Initiative: Linking Knowledge to Action for
a Sustainable Maine
Who: David Hart, Kathleen Bell, Aram Calhoun, Rob Lilieholm
When: 4:00 p.m.
Where: University Club, Fogler Library
Our effort involves several
innovative steps. First, key stakeholders play a central role in
ensuring that university research is relevant to their concerns and
needs. Second, new organizational models are used to create and
sustain integrated research teams that are committed to solving
real-world problems. Third, ESI efforts focus particular attention
on the processes by which decisions are made, the extent of
stakeholder engagement and the degree to which conflicts over values
and goals can be identified and resolved. We plan to illustrate
this approach with examples of integrative, solutions-driven
projects and partnerships in which we are currently involved.
David D. Hart, Senator George J.
Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research and School
of Biology and Ecology
David is director of the Senator
George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research
and a professor in the School of Biology and Ecology. He has
conducted watershed research at numerous locations in the U.S. and
abroad in partnership with many different organizations (e.g.,
government agencies, international and local NGOs, and the private
sector). In all these endeavors, he has worked to advance
scientific understanding of ecological processes and improve the
basis for the sustainable management of ecosystems.
Link to David's Web site with
more background info:
http://www.umaine.edu/waterresearch/about_us/hart_bio.htm
Kathleen Bell, School of
Economics
Kathleen is Associate Professor
of resource economics and policy in the School of Economics. She has
conducted land-use change and environmental economics research in
partnership with many different organizations including federal,
state, and local government agencies, and NGOs. Her work on numerous
interdisciplinary research projects focuses on advancing scientific
understanding of the interactions among social, economic, and
ecological processes including studies of residential location
decisions, risks to arsenic in drinking water, and the impacts of
invasive forest pests on private and public landscapes.
Link to Kathleen's Web site with
more background info:
http://www.umaine.edu/soe/faculty/bell.html
Robert J. Lilieholm, School of
Forest Resources
Rob Lilieholm is an Associate
Professor of forest economics and policy in the School of Forest
Resources where he teaches and conducts research in natural
resources economics, policy, and management. Rob's research
interests examine ways in which wildlands can be sustainably managed
to promote a wide range of ecological and social goals. Examples
include a host of land use issues, including the modeling of
alternative future growth scenarios to determine the long-term
impact of development on natural systems at the landscape level.
Link to Rob's Web site with more
background info:
Web site:
http://www.forest.umaine.edu/facstaff/lilieholm
Aram J.K. Calhoun, Dept. of
Wildlife Ecology
Aram Calhoun is an
Associate Professor of wetland ecology in the Department of Wildlife
Ecology and a wetland scientist with Maine Audubon Society. Her
research focuses on forested wetlands, vernal pools, amphibians and
aquatic invasive plants. Aram is active in working at the state and
local level on wetland policy and conservation issues.
Link to Aram's Web site with
more background info:
http://www.wle.umaine.edu/faculty/Calhoun/calhoun.htm
The
entire UMaine community is welcome at the Research Café.
Students.
Faculty.
Staff.
It's not easy to break away from our daily tasks and get to know each other in a
casual setting.
Research Café can help.
Enjoy free refreshments and good company at the Research Café, and hear a short
presentation on a feature topic.
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The Sponsors
Research
Café is co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the
University Club.
We are grateful to the University Club for generously opening its doors to
the entire UMaine community for all Research Café events, and for giving
Research Café a home.
Past Research Cafés
November 15, 2007 - Thursday
- Topic: No Race in Any Direction:
State Welfare and Income Regimes
- Who: Glenn Beamer
- When: 4:00 p.m.
- Where: University Club, Fogler
Library
April 18, 2007 - Wednesday
- Topic: Organization Theory: A
Public and Nonprofit Perspective
- Who: Kenneth Nichols, Harold
Gortner, and Carolyn Ball
- When: 4:00 PM
- Where: University Club, Fogler
Library
April 3, 2007 - Tuesday
-
Topic: The
Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act as a Modern Treaty: Research
Perspectives of Wabanaki Scholars
-
Who: Darren Ranco, John Bear
Mitchell, Maria Girouard, Gail Dana-Sacco
-
When: 4:00 PM
-
Where: University Club, Fogler
Library
February 15, 2007 - Thursday
-
Topic:
Blueberries and Heart Disease
-
Who: Dorothy Klimis-Zacas
-
When: 4:00 PM
-
Where: University Club, Fogler
Library
December 6, 2006 - Wednesday
-
Topic:
Feasting Our Eyes: Food Films, American Identity, and Eating Culture
-
Who: Laura Lindenfeld
-
When: 4:00 PM
-
Where: University Club, Fogler
Library
November 2, 2006 - Thursday
-
Topic: Speech Timing Characteristics
of Toddlers Later Identified as Reading Disability
-
Who: Allan Smith
-
When: 4:00 PM
-
Where: The Bangor Room, Memorial
Union
April 20, 2006 - Thursday
-
Topic: The Penobscot River
and Her People: Wading through the politics of Power, Pollution and Protection
-
Who: Carol Toner and John
Banks, John Eric Francis and Angela Reed, of the Penobscot Indian Nation
-
When: 4:00 pm
-
Where: The University Club
(2nd Floor, Fogler Library)
February 23, 2006 - Thursday
-
Topic: New Application of DVD Technology
for Advanced Music Instruction
-
Who: Stuart Marrs, Chair of
the Music Department
-
When: 4:00 pm
-
Where: The University Club
(2nd Floor, Fogler Library)
As soloist, clinician,
orchestral timpanist-percussionist, conductor, and teacher, Dr. Marrs'
professional experience spans over 30 years and three continents. His
principal orchestral positions include the orchestras of Louisville, Bolivia,
and Costa Rica.
His free-lance experience includes such diverse areas as TV, Ice Capades,
jazz, symphonic orchestra, experimental groups, solo and chamber recital
performances. Stuart Marrs has an extensive international profile having
taught and performed in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Russia, Belorus,
Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, El Salvador, Bolivia and Costa Rica.
Dr. Marrs is founder and past president of the Maine Chapter of the
Percussive Arts Society,
a driving force behind the development of percussion in the state of Maine. He
has taught at the National University of Costa Rica, Indiana University, and
since 1985 has been teaching at the University of Maine where he presently
occupies the position of Chair of the Music Division. Stuart Marrs received
his doctorate from
Indiana University School of Music. Dr. Marrs tours the US, Europe,
and Latin America as soloist, conductor, clinician, and teacher.
Dr. Stuart Marrs is a Yamaha Performing
Artist. He is also an endorser for
Sabian,
Vic Firth, and
Grover
ProPercussion.
October 25, 2005 - Tuesday
-
Topic: Where are the Women
in School Administration?
Issues of Access,
Acculturation, Advancement, and Advocacy
-
Who: Dianne L. Hoff
-
When: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
-
Where: The University Club (2nd Floor, Fogler Library)
December 7, 2004 - Tuesday
October 21, 2004 - Thursday
-
Topic: Mt. Katahdin — history, geology, and culture
-
Who: Richard Judd, Alice Kelley, & Carol Dana
-
Carol Toner, coordinator of CMS and a Research Associate Professor in the
Department of History.
September 16, 2004 - Thursday
-
Topic: Transcendent Retail Places
-
Who: Kim McKeage, Associate Professor of Marketing in the
Maine Business School
April 22, 2004 - Thursday
February 23, 2004 - Monday
