WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 30th annual Culturefest held at the University of Maine. UMaine’s Office of International Programs and International Student Association hosted the daylong celebration that featured international cultural exhibits, food, children’s activities, a style show and performances. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public, […]
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Maine Startups Insider reported a medical simulation startup founded by University of Maine students won the Bangor region’s BigGig pitch event. The company, Zephyrus Simulation LLC, was spun off from a product developed by a group of bioengineering students, according to the article. The product began as a $500 prototype of a manikin with a […]
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The Bradford Era of Pennsylvania reported Paul Kunoni, a Maasai scholar from Kenya and graduate student in the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine, will speak at 6 p.m. Nov. 9 at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Kunoni’s talk, “The Breaking Spears: A Culture at Crossroads with Modernity,” is […]
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A study released by the Maine Brewers’ Guild and conducted by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in the Portland Press Herald article, “Ranks of female head brewers show signs of growth in Maine.” The economic study produced earlier this year found that breweries added $228 million to the Maine economy in […]
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The Advanced Manufacturing Center at the University of Maine was mentioned in the EdTech: Focus on Higher Education article, “University manufacturing centers prove a boon for industry, too.” Companies rely on academic programs for both industrial research and future employees, according to Kurt Goodwin, general manager of Advanced Manufacturing Works for GE Power Systems. The […]
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Elsevier published a feature article and interview with Joyce Longcore, a mycologist and associate research professor at the University of Maine, after recently winning the 2017 Golden Goose Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Longcore reflected on her work since isolating the chytrid pathogen causing the mass extinction of amphibians. […]
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Michael Socolow, a professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, and Christine Ehrick, a historian at the University of Louisville and communications director of the Radio Preservation Task Force, co-wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post, titled “Voices on the radio are a crucial part of life, but they’re being lost. […]
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The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) published an article written by Lisa Phelps, program administrator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Phelps wrote about the UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H’s Follow a Researcher program. The program, now in its fourth year, uses technology and social media to connect K–12 classrooms with graduate students conducting […]
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The University of Maine’s Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments (IMRE) Laboratory was mentioned in a WABI (Channel 5) report about using virtual reality in rural Maine classrooms. Using a $10,000 grant from a software development company in Portland, East Grand School in Danforth recently installed two HTC Vive virtual reality systems with help from UMaine’s […]
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Centralmaine.com published a review of “Elegies and Valedictions,” a collection of poems by the late Burton Hatlen, a former University of Maine professor of English. The book was edited by his widow, UMaine English professor Virginia Nees-Hatlen and published by the National Poetry Foundation at UMaine.
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