The 213th Commencement at the University of Maine will be held May 9 in Harold Alfond Sports Arena on campus. UMaine Commencement, held in two ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., is one of the largest graduation events in the state and this year is part of the university’s 150th anniversary celebration. An estimated […]
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Kreutz, students part of ice core team that links abrupt temperature changes in Arctic, Antarctic.
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The Portland Press Herald reported University of Maine Ph.D. student Nadir Yildirim and UMaine alumnus Alexander Chasse won the 2015 UMaine Business Challenge for their company that aims to develop forest-based, environmentally friendly materials for the construction, insulation and food-packaging industries. Yildirim, a student in the Wood Science and Technology Program in the School of […]
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University of Maine Ph.D. student Nadir Yildirim won first place at the 2015 UMaine Business Challenge for his company that aims to develop eco-friendly, recyclable and reusable products for several industries. Yildirim, a student in the Wood Science and Technology Program in the School of Forest Resources, received $5,000 to further develop his business, Revolution […]
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University of Maine associate professor Denise Skonberg and graduate student Dhriti Nayyar are working with a Bristol company to study the shelf life and nutritional values of aquacultured sea vegetable products. Maine Fresh Sea Farms, a startup based on the Damariscotta River, is one of five Maine companies to share $471,571 in Value Added Producer […]
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The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture has presented its 2015 top student and faculty awards: Undergraduate Awards: Stephanie Wood, Wallace C. and Janet S. Dunham Prize; Riju Shrestha, Outstanding International Student; and Gwendolyn Beacham, Frank B. and Charles S. Bickford Memorial Prize. Graduate Awards: Kaitlyn O’Donnell, Norris Charles Clements Graduate Student Award; Noah […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the 2015 valedictorian and salutatorian. Gwendolyn Beacham of Farmington, Maine, is this year’s valedictorian, and Katelyn Massey of Waterville, Maine, is the salutatorian. Beacham, a biochemistry major and Honors student, also was named the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported Katelyn Massey of Waterville is the 2015 salutatorian at the University of Maine. Massey is a psychology major with a concentration in development and a minor in communication sciences and disorders. Her academic honors include the Frederick W. and Marianne Hill Scholarship, the Marcus L. Urann […]
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University of Maine researchers Heather Hamlin and LeeAnne Thayer were featured in the Hatchery International article, “Saving salmon embryos.” Hamlin, and assistant professor of aquaculture, and Thayer, a Ph.D. candidate in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences, have been exploring the causes of reduced survival rates of Atlantic salmon embryos, according to the article. “When I […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 2015 Student Summit hosted by the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education, or RiSE Center, at the University of Maine. More than 200 students in grades 6–9 throughout the state took part in the collaborative engineering design challenge that encouraged them to successfully transport […]
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