WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Sam Hess, a professor of physics at the University of Maine, about his research on new ways to combat the influenza virus. “We’re trying to find a way to attack the virus that doesn’t depend on those mutations that happen from year to year,” Hess said. His team discovered a […]
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The fifth annual Maine Science Festival will be held in Bangor and Orono March 13–17. 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. “Ask a […]
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Sepideh Ghanavati, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Maine, is the recipient of a $32,285 Google Faculty Research Award. The award program was created to “enable building strong relationships with faculty around the world who are pursuing innovative research” and it “plays an important role for Google’s research organization by fostering […]
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The University of Maine recently published its Annual Research Report, showcasing the diversity of research by faculty and students and the impact of their work on the community — and beyond. The report demonstrates the success of interdisciplinary and collaborative research methods with stories that illustrate the positive outcomes and experience these techniques provide. “To […]
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The Bangor Daily News reviewed the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ production of the musical “Into the Woods.” With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, the musical premiered on Broadway in 1987. The story “upends the fairy tales’ promise that there always will be a happily-ever-after finale,” the […]
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Exploring the intersections of food and politics is the focus of a new University of Maine research collaborative inspired by the recipe collection of Margaret Chase Smith. The Margaret Chase Smith Recipe Research Collaborative formed in fall 2018 to support an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty who are passionate about food and interested in […]
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Judith Rosenbaum, an assistant professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was the rise of shaming as a social phenomenon and how it often results in people being condemned, using police departments’ public sharing of the information of […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported two University of Maine graduate students, Brittany Goetting and Darcy Stevens, have been selected as 2019 Visiting History Scholars by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Goetting and Stevens will help the society prepare for the bicentennial of Maine’s statehood by researching and writing articles for the 2020 issue of the […]
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Phys.org published a University of Maine news release about a recently discovered connection between an influenza virus surface protein and a host cell lipid that could lead to new antiviral therapies. The research team was led by Samuel Hess, a professor of physics at UMaine, and was supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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The University of Maine Office of Research Compliance will hold a Responsible Conduct of Research training 5–8:30 p.m. March 11 in Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall. The session is for undergraduate students participating in research sponsored by NSF, NIH and/or USDA-NIFA. More information and a registration link are online.
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