Maine native and University of Maine alumna Christina Cash has been named executive director at the UMaine Lobster Institute, effective May 17. Cash has been with the Lobster Institute since 2021, serving as the assistant director of communication and outreach, and more recently as interim director. Before joining the institute, Cash served as an advancement […]
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The National Science Foundation awarded $1.2 million to a University of Maine-led team of researchers to create a comprehensive semiconductor curriculum for high school students. Spearheaded by principal investigator Prabuddha Chakraborty and co-principal investigator Rosemary Smith from UMaine’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the team will devise lessons and coursework about developing semiconductors that […]
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Tucked away in a quiet, climate-controlled building on the University of Maine campus is a collection of old film. Donated to Fogler Library’s Special Collections by the James W. Sewall Company (Sewall) in 2019, the collection includes over 3,000 large canisters, each with a bright yellow “Kodak” sticker on the front and 250 photos contained […]
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Nicholas Giudice, professor of spatial computing at the University of Maine, co-authored an award winning paper about developing robot guide dogs to assist people with visual impairments. In an effort led by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Giudice helped outline the first user-driven guidelines on the needs and design specifications for robot guide […]
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Jason Entsminger, assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Maine Business School and a University of Maine Cooperative Extension small business specialist, was recognized as part of a multistate team that received a 2024 Partnership Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The award, which […]
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Investigating plastic pollution in a Norwegian glacier and teaching English in Taiwan are the plans of a University of Maine Ph.D. student and a recent graduate who both received awards from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Ligia Naveira, a Ph.D. student with UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, earned a Fulbright Open Study/Research Award; and Cora Saddler, […]
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Two Ph.D. students from the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture are finalists in upcoming research competitions held by the American Society for Nutrition from June 29-July 2 during their flagship meeting in Chicago, NUTRITION 2024. Amelia Sullivan is a finalist for the Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition, and Leigh Neptune […]
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Ongoing research at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center supporting the development of offshore wind turbines was highlighted by the The Associated Press. News Center Maine also featured the ASCC’s wind turbine research in two videos about repurposing aging blades to keep waste out of Maine landfills and a $75,000 grant from […]
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The County highlighted a food waste study from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and aided by the University of Maine, Resource Recycling Systems in Michigan and the Center for EcoTechnology in Massachusetts. Researchers analyzed food waste from residences, farms, grocery stores, schools, hospitals, jails and hotels, among other places. Agricultural based research focused on […]
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An $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a four-year initiative led by the University of Maine to bolster STEM research capacity and education from Kittery to Fort Kent and dismantle systemic barriers to innovation. Maine-SMART, or Strengthening Maine’s Research Ecosystem and Pathways Through Strategic Capacity Building, will support more than 200 […]
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