Rapid Arctic Change: Why Does It Matter and How Can the Science Community Help?

Monday, March 8

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information.

Fran Ulmer is Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center at the Kennedy School of Government. She chaired the U.S. Arctic Research Commission from 2011 to 2020 and served as a special advisor to Secretary of State John Kerry on Arctic science and policy from 2014 to 2017. In June 2010, President Obama appointed her to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. She has spent more than 45 years in public service and is a member of the global board of The Nature Conservancy and on the board of the National Parks Conservation Association.

Co-sponsors: Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology; UMaine Arctic, Climate Change Institute, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Ruth Hallsworth, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu