Twenty-one University of Maine faculty have received tenure and/or promotion. The faculty members were nominated by UMaine President Susan J. Hunter based on a peer and administrative review of their successful teaching, research and public service, and approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. “UMaine’s world-class faculty are at the heart of […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Maine Public, Mainebiz, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine has received a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor to help build its engineering education and design center. The gift is the largest single nonestate donation in the university’s history, […]
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An anonymous gift of $10 million from the family of a University of Maine engineering graduate has been committed to help construct UMaine’s Engineering Education and Design Center, according to UMaine President Susan J. Hunter and University of Maine Foundation President Jeffery N. Mills. This is the single largest capital gift in UMaine history, bringing […]
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The Office of Sustainability is offering free solar cellphone charger-building workshops 5–8 p.m. March 22 and 28 for as many as 20 students, faculty and staff members each night. The workshops will be in the Texas Instruments Analog Circuits Laboratory in Barrows Hall. Participants can take home their completed solar cellphone chargers. To sign up, […]
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The fourth annual Maine Science Festival will be held throughout downtown Bangor and Orono March 15–18. The University of Maine is one of the major event sponsors. Several members of the UMaine community will lead workshops and participate in the program that draws science, innovation and creative achievement enthusiasts of all ages. A list of […]
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Mohamad Musavi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maine and associate dean of the College of Engineering, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for a report about the importance of STEM education for today’s high school students. In 2014, Musavi started UMaine’s Stormwater Management Research Team (SMART) program, which provides high […]
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R&D Magazine, Interesting Engineering, AZoCleantech, The Engineer, CleanTechnica and New Atlas quoted Justin Lapp, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, in reports about researchers developing the world’s first solar fuel reactor that can function at night. A team of international solar thermal energy researchers has successfully tested a solar reactor […]
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Renowned oceanographer and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle will give a lecture, “Exploring the Ocean in the 21st Century,” 4:30–5:30 p.m. Monday, April 30 in the Collins Center for the Arts. Tickets will be available in March and a second announcement will be posted when they become available. Tickets are free, but will require […]
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Abstract submissions for the 2018 University of Maine Student Symposium on April 17 are now being accepted. The UMaine Student Symposium, a campuswide celebration of achievement in student research and creative activity, will be held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and Woodworking Network reported the nation’s first manufacturer of cross-laminated timber plans to set up shop in Maine, with a goal of creating 100 jobs at a $22 million mill. SmartLam, LLC of Montana still seeks a mill site, but has committed to building a factory in Maine […]
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