WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported that researchers at the University of Maine have been conducting browntail moth surveys across the campus. The surveying is part of a larger effort to reveal trends in the behavior of these moths as UMaine researchers evaluate ways to manage these pests […]
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MaineBiz and the Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine’s MIRTA accelerator program through the Foster Center for Innovation has selected five teams for its 2023 cohort. The 2023 projects will develop research innovations in photovoltaic and color changing fabric; a new technology in catheterization to reduce infection in long-term patients; custom-made medical […]
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John Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine, spoke to News Center Maine about attempts to incorporate AI writing software like ChatGBT into classroom settings. Ippolito said that AI-detecting softwares for essays may not always work, so educators should teach both the ethics of using AI as well as how to use […]
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Forbes and Statista have ranked the University of Maine among America’s Best Midsize Employers for 2023. According to them, these employers were identified in an independent survey taken by approximately 45,000 American employees working for companies with more than 1,000 workers in the U.S. In total, 500 employers were recognized across 25 different industry sectors. […]
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In an article about the rise of biobased materials, Yale Environment 360 noted that the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) manufactured 3D-printed house made from a mix of forest byproducts from the state’s numerous sawmills: sawdust, wood flour and a bio-resin whose ingredients have not yet been disclosed. “This material is […]
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Amy Blackstone, professor of sociology at the University of Maine, spoke to WGME-TV (Channel 13 in Portland) about the choice some Maine couples are making to be child-free by choice. Blackstone published a book in 2019 called “Child Free by Choice,” sharing some of her story, her research, myths and history about not having children. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine School of Computing and Information Sciences will launch a new bachelor of science in Human-Centered Technology Design program in the fall 2023 semester, after the degree program was approved at the Jan. 30 meeting of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. Human-Centered Technology […]
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Phys.org featured a new paper from the University of Maine that illustrates how scientists can successfully use “embodiment,” or the nuanced practices and everyday interactions that shape collaboration, to improve their research. “Going forward, researchers can make commitments to embodied practices such as collaborative research design, paying attention to and attending to: partners’ needs, active […]
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The Piscataquis Observer noted that University of Maine junior Steffi Victoria has been awarded a spring internship in Sen. Susan Collins’ Washington, D.C. office. Victoria first met Collins during the UMaine Cohen Institute Summer Program’s Washington, D.C., trip last year, and she completed an internship in Collins’ Bangor office last fall. Victoria is majoring in […]
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Jason Lilley, assistant Extension professor and Maine sustainable agriculture and maple industry educator, was interviewed by Maine Public about the early maple tree tapping season caused by the warm winter weather. “All of these changing weather patterns and weather extremes are having impacts on the tree health. And we as a research community are trying […]
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