UMPI to offer courses on glacial geology

PRESQUE ISLE – Faculty from the University of Maine at Presque Isle and the University of Toronto are teaming up this summer to offer the Deboullie Lakes Reserve Summer Field Institute from July 16 to Aug. 3.

Open to students in any academic program and community members, specific courses within the institute are Deboullie Glacial Geology and Deboullie Field Geology. Both are offered for upper-level credits.

Institute participants will explore the history, formation and behavior of glaciers of the area, first during in-class lectures at UMPI and then on a camping trip to the reserve July 22-28.

For more information on how to enroll, contact Putnam at 207-768-9726 or e-mail putnamd@umpi.maine.edu; or Wang at 207-768-9412 or e-mail chunzeng.wang@maine.edu.