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UMaine Students Test Wireless Sensors on Rocket

Five University of Maine students participated in a recent launch process as a rocket loaded with wireless sensors the students developed in a UMaine lab blasted off in California’s Mojave Desert. The students, working under UMaine electrical and computer engineering Associate Professor Ali Abedi, collaborated on the NASA-funded project with faculty and student researchers at […]

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College Announces Annual Award Winners

At its April 20 awards ceremony, UMaine’s College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture announced its annual recognition of students, faculty and others.  Online photos and writeups describe the award winners and their accomplishments. Awards include the 2011 Agriculture Award,  the G. Peirce and Florence Pitts-Webber Award for Outstanding Research in Forest Resources, the NSFA […]

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Barkan Named to National Sociology Society Post

Steve Barkan, professor of sociology, been elected to a three-year term as the Region I Representative on the Council of Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society for undergraduate students. The Council meets annually the day before the beginning of the American Sociological Association conference in August. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

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UMaine Women in Science Honored

Three University of Maine students were named winners of the 2011 Edith Patch Award at an Earth Day Reception honoring the life and legacy of the university’s first woman scientist.  Vanessa Coats, Haley Viehman and Alyssa Freitag were honored for distinguished work they have done while at the University of Maine, and in recognition of […]

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Native American Writers Scheduled for Presentation, Workshop

Four well-known Native American writers will visit the University of Maine for a Friday April 29 roundtable discussion and reading.  They will also participate in a Saturday, April 30 emerging writers’ workshop at the Indian Island School.  Both events are open to the public with no admission charge.

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Undergraduate Research Award Winners Announced

The University of Maine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced winners of this year’s second annual Undergraduate Research & Academic Showcase held last week. Nine awards were made after consideration of more than 50 research projects presented as end-of-the year capstone exhibits or displays. The research represents disciplines from across campus.

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Halog Receives Fellowship for Sustainability Research in Finland

Anthony Halog, assistant professor in Industrial Ecology and LCA in the School of Forest Resources, recently received a prestigious Organization for Economic Cooperation Development Research Fellowship in biological resource management for sustainable agricultural systems and will work at the Finnish Forest Research Institute this summer.

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New Media Capstone Exhibition Today to Showcase Creativity

Several of this year’s most popular capstone themes, the integration of education and gaming and the integration of technology in the classroom, will be among the student exhibits and presentations at today’s 2011 New Media Capstone Night at the Collins Center for the Arts. The public is invited to the free event, scheduled 7-9 p.m.

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