Laurie Fullerton, administrative support supervisor in the College of Engineering for 29 years, will receive the 2016 Outstanding Classified Employee Award. The annual award, presented by UMaine’s Classified Employees Advisory Council, recognizes exceptional, dedicated service to the university. Recipients inspire others through dedication, commitment and work ethic; maintain the highest level of professional service; and […]
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A number of media outlets reported the number of first-year student applications to the University of Maine is up 17 percent over last year and the university has instituted a waitlist for the first time in recent history. About 14,000 qualified students applied for admission and the projected incoming class will be about 2,150. Maine […]
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The University of Maine’s commitment to affordability, strategic investments in signature strengths and aggressive marketing have paid off. With a record number of qualified applications for fall 2016, UMaine will begin notifying most students who have applied and not yet been accepted that they have the option to be wait-listed for admission consideration. “The interest in […]
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Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), Portland Press Herald and Society for Science & the Public reported a Bangor High School senior who invented a gadget for improving water quality received one of three first-place awards — worth $150,000 — at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. The awards are a […]
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The ADVANCE Rising Tide Center at the University of Maine will mark its fifth anniversary with a celebration March 24. The 1 p.m. event will be held in the McIntyre Room of the Buchanan Alumni House to thank everyone who has supported or participated in ADVANCE initiatives during the last five years. The ADVANCE program […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the second annual Maine Science Festival set for March 18–20 throughout Bangor. The University of Maine is participating in several demonstrations, hands-on activities and panels at the festival, which seeks to stimulate interest in science and heighten awareness of its impacts. The article mentioned 10 can’t-miss events at this year’s […]
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UMaine Research and Conference Services are among the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. The William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service, Academ-e, Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research and Student Records also recently upgraded. The new UMaine.edu and related pages debuted in late August. For more information […]
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MassLive.com reported a team of researchers, including Melissa Landon, an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Maine, is developing a new mooring system for floating offshore wind turbines that uses an integrated network of anchors and lines to hold dozens of turbines in place in the ocean. Landon is working with engineers […]
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Be immersed in a simulated tornado, illustrate nature, look through a solar telescope, hold an oyster, ask a genius a question. Do it all and more at the Maine Science Festival, being held March 18–20, at the Cross Insurance Center and other downtown Bangor venues. The University of Maine is participating in a number of […]
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The University of Maine’s award-winning Composite Arch Bridge System known as the Bridge-In-A-BackpackTM was mentioned in the New Scientist article, “Skyscrapers of the future will be held together with glue.” The author wrote that glue is the future of architecture because of lightweight nonmetallic composites, such as carbon fibre, fiberglass panels and other structural plastics. […]
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