STUDENTS OF UMAINE: Angus Koller of Monmouth, Maine This summer, the senior chemistry major interned in the American Chemical Society Summer School in Nuclear and Radiochemistry at San Jose State University, and was named the program’s Outstanding Student. “I love chemistry because I’ve always been curious about the world around me, and chemistry gives us […]
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ART: Giles Timms is an animator and artist. Giles has created animated music videos for Death Cab for Cutie, Flyleaf, Kady Z, and Barnaby Saints and designed animated titles and scenes for the indie films Silicone Soul, Lucky, Sunset Stories and Let Go. Giles’ animated films have won several film festival awards and his films […]
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Asst. Prof. of Chemistry Matthew Brichacek, along with UMaine colleagues Prof. Alice Bruce, Asst. Prof. William Gramlich and Asst. Prof. Thomas Schwartz, and Prof. Karl Bishop of Husson University, are acquiring a 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer through a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant from the National Science Foundation, worth over a half-million […]
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Repost from the Department of Communication and Journalism. Helping train the next generation of interdisciplinary environmental conservation leaders is the goal of a five-year, $2.9 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award to the University of Maine. The interdisciplinary UMaine project led by Sandra De Urioste-Stone, a UMaine assistant professor of nature-based tourism, and involving multiple […]
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by Andy Piascik Editorial Note: Andy Piascik came to the University of Maine in 1976, majoring in sociology. He says he remembered that when Professor Doug Allen spoke at his freshman orientation, he was “so impressed by his presentation that I changed my schedule and signed up for one of his classes.” Andy began working with […]
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Repost from UMaine News Historical geographer Anne Knowles has been awarded nearly $300,000 to use cutting-edge technologies to analyze Holocaust ghettos and the millions of people caught in their brutal conditions during World War II. A three-year, $296,455 National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Advancement Grant will fund “The Holocaust Ghettos Project: Reintegrating Victims […]
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Lower visual acuity is associated with both lower cognitive function and greater declines in cognitive functioning over a five-year period, according to a new University of Maine study. The longitudinal research by Peter Dearborn and co-investigators affiliated with the UMaine Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, and the Department of Psychology found lower vision […]
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A home-based sleep monitoring invention developed by University of Maine researchers that has the potential to help detect early symptoms of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease in elders has received a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research Award from the National Institute of Health’s Institute on Aging. The two-year NIH Phase II award to […]
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Not all research takes place in a lab with petri dishes and microscopes … Karyn Sporer uses Twitter to investigate criminological theory In the modern era of social media, more than 300 million people use Twitter to share news and engage in online conversations. This provides a glimpse into the minds of a diverse public […]
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Repost from UMaine News Socioeconomic status and racism are fundamental causes of violent and property crime, according to a University of Maine professor and an alumnus, who argue the factors must be considered in order to drastically reduce street criminality. Steven Barkan, a UMaine sociology professor, and alumnus Michael Rocque, now a sociology professor at […]
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