Research

Rural Health and Wellbeing Grand Challenge Grant Program awards announced

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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News Center cites Sorg report in coverage of OUI arrest rise in Portland

While reporting on an increase in arrests for operating under the influence in Portland, News Center Maine cited the February 2021 drug overdose report compiled by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine forensic anthropologist who also serves Maine’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The report was issued by both the Office of the Chief […]

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BDN shares story about Schild’s early investigator award from NASA

The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a recent NASA New Investigator Program (NIP) award to Kristin Schild, a glaciologist and assistant research professor in UMaine’s School of Earth and Climate Sciences. Schild, the first Maine-based researcher to receive a NASA NIP award since 2003, will use the nearly $380,000 […]

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ZME Science reports on UMaine’s 3D-printing capabilities

ZME Science shared a time-lapse video of the 3D-printing of a boat at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center in a story about advancements in technology that yield industrial materials of enhanced strength by combining bio-based materials with 3D-printing polymers.

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Dominique DiSpirito

DiSpirito named 2021 Truman Scholar 

Dominique DiSpirito, a University of Maine junior from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, dedicated to strengthening communities through environmental policy, has been named a 2021 Truman Scholar.  The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation selected DiSpirito and 61 other juniors pursuing public service careers to join the Truman Scholar ranks. DiSpirito, a political science major and Honors College […]

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McGillicuddy Humanities Center awards spring faculty grants

The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine has announced the Spring 2021 faculty awards. The Center’s mission includes demonstrating the immediacy and applicability of humanities studies, and it supports programs and projects fostering intellectual curiosity, critical reflection and creative innovation.   Susan Camp, adjunct associate professor of art, received funding for ”Duet,” a collaborative […]

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