News Center Maine and Spectrum News featured the ground station used to monitor and communicate with Maine’s first small research satellite. MESAT1 was designed, built and tested by University of Maine students and faculty in collaboration with the University of Southern Maine, a trio of K-12 schools, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation and the Wells […]
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The Portland Press Herald highlighted Elizabeth Allan, an University of Maine professor and founder of StopHazing, and her research and outreach efforts to address hazing. Allan emphasizes the importance of addressing the hazing in schools and increased measures for preventing such incidents.
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Maine Morning Star interviewed Susanne Lee, University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, about a food waste study from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and aided by her and other UMaine researchers, Resource Recycling Systems in Michigan and the Center for EcoTechnology in Massachusetts. “We have been saying for so […]
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Versant Astronomy Center provides the community a chance to explore the night sky every Friday at 8 p.m. guided by volunteer astronomers. Director Shawn Laatsch emphasizes the connection between astronomy and the university’s engineering projects, enhancing the educational experience for visitors reported by News Center Maine.
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Role Includes Oversight of the $9 billion National Science Foundation The White House today announced that President Biden has appointed University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy to serve on the prestigious National Science Board (NSB), the governing body of the National Science Foundation (NSF). As one of 24 board members, Ferrini-Mundy will serve as an […]
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The 11th annual March Against Domestic Violence will take place at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 beginning at the steps of Fogler Library at the University of Maine. The march will proceed along the Mall and end in the New Balance Field House in the track area. Speakers at the event will include U.S. Sen. […]
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The University of Maine Foundation has received a $1 million gift from the estate of Agnes Ann Walsh to establish the Agnes Ann Walsh Chair in the University of Maine’s Department of Modern Languages and Classics. The inaugural Walsh Chair is Frédéric Rondeau, joined the UMaine faculty in 2013 and has served as director of […]
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The New Writing Series, sponsored by the University of Maine English Department in partnership with the Center for Poetry and Poetics, is hosting seven live reading events this fall to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Since its inception in 1999, more than 400 creative writers from a wide range of genres have participated in the series […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine are exploring ways to protect ash trees from the invasive emerald ash borer, which threatens the state’s ash tree population. As reported by WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) they are experimenting with chemical treatments to help trees survive and produce seeds for future regeneration.
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled ”Gulf of Maine development: What can fishing teach us?” on Monday, Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. Robin Alden, a longtime and now retired leader in Maine fisheries, will discuss what lessons emerging industries like aquaculture and […]
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