2021 Faculty Mentor Impact Awards
Faculty members from each college are selected from student nominations. Winners will be announced virtually during the UMaine Student Symposium on Friday, April 16 and will be posted online.
Maine Impact Week
Maine Impact Week
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UMaine EPIC Discovery Race
The UMaine EPIC Discovery Race is on! Student teams assemble, but choose wisely as top teams will win a monetary reward which will be split between the team members. Teams must be between 2-5 members. The race is a competition for UMaine and UMM students which will run from Monday, April 12, 2021 through Thursday, […]
Research Impact Challenge
Back by popular demand! The Research Impact Challenge is a professional development opportunity to help researchers better understand and manage their online scholarly presence, as well as consider ways to describe the impact and reach of their work. Each day for five days during Maine IMPACT Week, participants will receive an email with a suggested […]
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Virtual Native Seed Planting Workshop
Virtual Native Seed Planting Workshop
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 […]
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Big Gig Pitch Competition: Season Finale
Big Gig Pitch Competition: Season Finale
Three entrepreneurs will pitch their innovative, early-stage business or business idea to a panel of three judges and the audience in the season finale of the 2020-21 Big Gig series. […]
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Health and Social Equity Among a Homeless Population
Health and Social Equity Among a Homeless Population
A talk by LTC. Andrew J. Hoisington, Ph.D. Part of the Microbes and Social Equity spring speaker series, which runs on Wednesdays, 12–1 p.m. from Feb. 10–Apr. 28.. Registration is […]
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Alumni Panel on Career Impact of UMaine Education and Experiences: Session 1
Alumni Panel on Career Impact of UMaine Education and Experiences: Session 1
Join us for one of two alumni panels during Maine Impact Week. UMaine alumni will be speaking about how their UMaine education and experiences in research centers enhanced their careers. […]
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VEMI Lab Autonomous Vehicle Roundtable
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 […]
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Alumni Panel on Career Impact of UMaine Education and Experiences: Session 2
Alumni Panel on Career Impact of UMaine Education and Experiences: Session 2
Join us for one of two alumni panels during Maine Impact Week. UMaine alumni will be speaking about how their UMaine education and experiences in research centers enhanced their careers. […]
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What is UMaine MARINE?
What is UMaine MARINE?
Participate in this virtual event to find out about the UMaine MARINE Initiative and learn about current projects. The event will include live feeds from projects around the state and […]
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2021 UMaine Student Symposium
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 2021 UMaine Student Symposium (UMSS21). Projects will be showcased virtually as posters, exhibits, oral presentations, […]
Creativity vs. COVID Exhibition
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been working to develop tests, treatments, and vaccines to better protect us and ease the public health crisis. An international collective of university students, artists, and access to medicine advocates has also been working to make sure those treatments are available to everyone, no matter where […]
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UMSS21 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nirav Shah
UMSS21 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nirav Shah
On Friday, April 16, Dr. Nirav Shah, M.D., J.D, the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention will be the keynote speaker at the UMaine Student Symposium 2021. Shah began working as the Director of the Maine CDC in 2019. He provides expertise, information and guidance to ensure that Maine people can […]
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Pathways to commercialization of medical products or devices
Pathways to commercialization of medical products or devices
Biomedical scientists and engineers are often driven to see their research result in measurable health outcomes. Despite this motivation, fewer than 30% of health related innovations (or associated IP) are […]