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Maine Impact Week

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VEMI Lab Autonomous Vehicle Roundtable

The VEMI Lab is hosting an autonomous vehicle roundtable discussion with a YouTube Live Q&A session. Special guests from the Maine DOT, and the Maine based Independent Transportation Network of America will join Dr. Nicholas Giudice and Dr. Richard Corey to discuss VEMIs research into autonomous vehicle accessibility in Maine and around the world. Attendees […]

UMaine Student Symposium UMSS20

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Register Registration is required. At the University of Maine, students inspire creativity and leadership in the discovery of new knowledge that makes a direct difference to the people of Maine. […]

UMaine AI Webinar

Register Registration is required. This one-hour live webinar is the first in the UMaine AI Fall Lunch and Learn series. Guest speakers will discuss various topics with time for Q&A. Mohamad Musavi, Associate Dean of Engineering, UMaine Owen McCarthy, President and Co-founder of MedRhythms Inc. Somayeh Khosroazad, Software Architect at Activas Diagnostics 2020 Fall Lunch […]

National History Day and UMaine

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Sign-up for an Event Reminder     Link to Event National History Day in Maine is a co-curricular academic program that fosters in-depth research and critical analysis skills for students in grades 6-12. Since 2014, National History Day (NHD) in Maine has been affiliated with UMaine. The program is a co-curricular academic program that fosters […]

The Wheatland Geospatial Lab

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

This webinar will provide an introduction to the Barbara Wheatland Geospatial Analysis Laboratory in the School of Forest Resources.

***Cancelled***Tour of Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

During this event there will be a virtual tour that will give visitors the opportunity to see this facility and the research close up as this type of tour will be very limited in the future due to the nature of the research.

Soil Diagnostics: Healthy or Not?

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Sign-up for an Event Reminder           Link to Event The Maine Soil Testing Service and Analytical Laboratory analyzes research and commercial samples. This presentation will explain […]

Q&A with VEMI

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Sign-up for an Event Reminder           Link to Event The VEMI Lab (Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory), located at the University of Maine, will be […]

Student Researcher Highlight: Harley Rogers

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Sign-up for an Event Reminder     Link to Event Please note that the video link will not be active until the event starts. National History Day in Maine is […]

Metal 3D Printing Open House

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Come see the latest in metal 3D printing technology at our virtual open house.

Institute of Medicine Presentation

Register Registration is required. Learn about the UMaine Institute of Medicine The leadership of the Institute of Medicine will present information on their vision, mission, and goals; as well as current activities and how you can participate. Speakers Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Kody Varahramyan Director, Dr. David Harder […]

Tour the Margaret C. Smith Library

Sign-up for an Event Reminder     Link to Event Take a virtual tour of the Margaret Chase Smith Library. With the Margaret Chase Smith Library closed to the public […]

A Climate Change Forum

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Register Registration is required. Your chance to ask questions about climate change. The Climate Change Institute (CCI) will be hosting a virtual zoom webinar entitled: A Climate Change Forum – Your chance to ask questions about climate change. A panel of five CCI faculty members will each speak for ~5 minutes to stimulate Q&A from […]

Faculty Mentor Impact Awards

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Sign-up for an Event Reminder     Link to Event Faculty mentors play a critical role in the success of students. Join us to recognize and celebrate the positive impact of our faculty mentors on their students' experience! Earlier this year, we asked students to nominate faculty members who had an important impact on them […]

Margaret Chase Smith and UMaine

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Sign-up for an Event Reminder     Link to Event This presentation will explore Margaret Chase Smith's connections to the University of Maine and why the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and Margaret Chase Smith Library are affiliated with the school. Margaret Chase Smith was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1940 and […]

Franco American Centre Open House

Crossland Hall Crossland Hall, Long Road, Orono

The Franco American Centre is a place for studying, gathering, working, and laughing. We have a research library and student study spaces; we run public programming, publish a magazine and on-line literary journal, and we sponsor an after-school French program. Le FORUM is a French bilingual, socio-cultural periodical published by the Franco-American Centre. We have […]

Hackerspace Open House

Memorial Union Memorial Union, Orono

The Hackerspace provides free access to equipment and technology training to UMaine faculty and students.  We have 3D printing, robotics, and physical computing equipment.  About Hackerspace: The University of Maine envisions the Hackerspace as an environment in which students can access the latest technology in order to explore new ways of thinking. Working alone, in […]

Sawyer Water Research Lab Tour

Sawyer Environmental Research Center Sawyer, Orono

Tour the Sawyer Water Research Lab (SWRL), including state-of-the-art techniques for measuring water chemistry and imaging plankton.

Connecting to the Seafood Industry

Aquaculture Research Center Aquaculture Research Institute, Orono

This networking event will bring together members of Maine’s seafood industry, faculty conducting research relevant to the seafood industry and students to explore ways to strengthen connections, identify needed research topics, and highlight job opportunities within the seafood industry. The event will begin with a roundtable discussion between seafood industry professionals and UMaine faculty and […]

FIRST Open House

ESRB ESRB, 98 Beddington Rd, Orono

A tour of the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST), focusing on a tour of the lab spaces used in research. FIRST has an impressive array of instrumentation to synthesize and investigate materials properties at the atomic scale and up to macroscopic dimensions, as well as to fabricate and test a variety of […]

RiSE Center Lunch and Tour

Estabrooke Hall Estabrooke Hall, Orono

Please join us at the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) for lunch and a tour, as well as a chance to talk about the RiSE Center’s nationally and internationally recognized research into teaching and learning in the STEM disciplines. Registration is required ... Register Here Join us to learn about the […]

FIRST Director’s Presentation

ESRB ESRB, 98 Beddington Rd, Orono

A presentation by the Director of the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST) Dr. Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay The Role of Sensor Technologies in Society and Future Directions of FIRST FIRST has an impressive array of instrumentation to synthesize and investigate materials properties at the atomic scale and up to macroscopic dimensions, as well […]

Visiting Ecological Artist Aviva Rahmani

Stewart Hall, Room 104 Steward Hall

The Intermedia Program welcomes ecological artist Aviva Rahmani to UMaine on Tuesday, April 14th at 7:00 pm. Aviva Rahmani began her career as a performance artist, founding and directing the American Ritual Theatre (1968-1971), performing throughout California. She graduated from California Institute of the Arts and received a PhD from Plymouth University, UK, Rahmani has […]

Additive Manufacturing of Metals Presentation

Jenness Hall Jenness Hall, Orono

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a rapidly growing disruptive technology valued at approximately $7.3 billion worldwide and growing at 21% in 2017. To date, AM has affected almost all market sectors, including automotive, aerospace, biomedical, dental, footwear, industrial, and tooling and fixtures. AM's widespread adoption is a consequence of reduced lead times, mass customization, part consolidation, […]

Disability: Beyond Accommodation Presentation

Buchanan Alumni House Buchanan Alumni House, Orono

In the past several decades, guided by accommodation and inclusion frameworks, numerous efforts have been made to improve opportunity and participation for disabled populations. However, implicit in both approaches is the reliance on “integration”, a school of thought in which those already privileged as members of non-disabled groups accommodate outsiders. In this seminar we present […]

Avoiding Gendered Letters of Recommendation Workshop

Estabrooke Hall Estabrooke Hall, Orono

Join us for a workshop that helps mitigate gender bias in writing letters of recommendation. Faculty write and read letters of recommendation for students, colleagues and potential hires. There is a substantial body of literature surrounding unconscious bias in letter writing. This workshop will focus on gender bias and how it presents within letters of […]

Aging Farmers Needs and Ingenuity

Buchanan Alumni House Buchanan Alumni House, Orono

As a state with a large rural geography, farming is critical to Maine’s health, social, economic, and scientific development. Thus, the work of the University of Maine in fostering excellence in land and aqua-based agriculture is ongoing and central to both the land and sea grant missions of our institution. While significant research has been […]

Hackerspace Open House

Memorial Union Memorial Union, Orono

The Hackerspace provides free access to equipment and technology training to UMaine faculty and students.  We have 3D printing, robotics, and physical computing equipment.  About Hackerspace: The University of Maine […]

Microfabrication Cleanroom Tours

ESRB ESRB, 98 Beddington Rd, Orono

Our Microfabrication Cleanroom is a 3500 ft2 class 1000 cleanroom that maintains dedicated instrumentation for micro- and nano-fabrication of microsensor technologies, and for atomic-scale materials synthesis research.  This is a state-of-the-art nanotechnology facility that is part of the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST) research center, and is located in the Engineering Science Research […]

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