University of Maine researchers developed an augmented reality smartphone app for teaching nursing students an interactive lesson about heart failure. The app displays a floating, animated heart model onto the smartphone screen, which is imposed onto the video feed from the camera. A heart failure lesson is embedded into the app and offers 45 swipeable […]
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Mainebiz, the Bangor Daily News, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) and the Penobscot Bay Pilot shared a news release about the University of Maine School of Nursing working with Northern Light Health and Morgan State University to increase diversity in Maine’s nursing workforce. The project earned them a $1.7 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services […]
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News-Medical.net shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a study by Caitlin Howell focused on reducing infections with novel liquid catheter coatings. Howell, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at UMaine, is a co-principal investigator on the study, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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A report compiled by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine research professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, was cited by WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) in its “Intervention Aroostook” segment. According to the report, as cited in the story, there were 132 overdose deaths in the state in the second quarter last […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Brandon Lieberthal, a University of Maine research associate in the School of Biology and Ecology, about the development of a mathematical model that can be used to identify potential superspreader locations and to predict the efficacy of mitigation strategies.
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted University of Maine virologist Melissa Maginnis’ appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The program, which dealt with COVID-19 vaccine information, can be viewed online.
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University of Maine virologist Melissa Maginnis was featured in a “Jimmy Kimmel Live” segment about vaccine misinformation.
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The Bangor Daily News and Q106.5 FM reported that the University of Maine will hold a walk-in coronavirus vaccine clinic from 1–5 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 at Wells Conference Center. The clinic is for UMaine staff and students and members of the community, and will offer the Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccines.
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The University of Maine System Research Reinvestment Fund (RRF) Advisory Board has announced the award of 14 new internal grants for the 2020–21 academic year. These one-year projects will foster research and development activities in three important areas: COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants; Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Collaboratives (IURCs); and UMS Research Collaboration Networks. Applicants were required […]
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Bailey West, the University of Maine’s 2021 valedictorian from Stockton Springs, and Dominique DiSpirito, a junior from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, both earned the Maine Campus Compact’s 2021 Heart and Soul Student award. The award, one of five administered by the Maine Campus Compact, recognizes six Maine undergraduate students who are actively involved in transforming their […]
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