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Virtual Native Seed Planting Workshop

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

Join 4-H for a Virtual Native Seed Planting Workshop on April 13th at 4:30 p.m. One of UMaine Extension’s Master Gardener Volunteers will be teaching youth about the importance of flowers native to Maine and their relationship with our pollinators. Youth will then be guided through the process of planting their own native seeds*. This […]

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. Engage with UMaine students as they present their research and creative work at the 2020 UMaine Student Symposium (UMSS20). Projects will be showcased virtually as […]

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 soil testing, describe the concept of soil health, and describe the role soils play in many ecosystem processes. A Q&A session will follow the presentation. […]

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 holding an hour-long YouTube Livestream for you to ask our researchers questions! Dr. Caitlin Howell and Dr. Richard Corey will be answering your inquiries. Also […]

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 a co-curricular academic program that fosters in-depth research and critical analysis skills for students in grades 6-12. In this prerecorded Zoom interview, recent UMaine Honors […]

Metal 3D Printing Open House

Virtual Event Online Programming, ME

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

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 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff has had to adapt to a new more virtual world. Come tour the library, museum, and house of […]

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.

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, […]

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 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 […]

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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