Neuright, Inc., a University of Maine biotech spinout focused on the early diagnosis and treatment of peripheral neuropathy, has been awarded $225,000 under the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program to further develop its technology for delivery to market. Peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which nerve fibers die back from the skin, […]
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The 2020–2021 Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship has been awarded to Tom Adams, a University of Maine secondary education major from Falmouth, Maine. Adams will build on his experiences teaching in middle school and mentoring students in community service projects by conducting independent research related to civics education in Maine middle schools. He references […]
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University of Maine Sociology professor Steven Barkan co-authored an Oxford University Press blog titled “Black lives matter in prisons too” with Bates College associate professor of sociology and alumnus Michael Rocque. They wrote that if Black people have higher street crime rates “it’s because they are so much more likely than whites to live in […]
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The Conversation cited research by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, in the article “Journalists believe news and opinion are separate, but readers can’t tell the difference.” According to Socolow, John Oakes, the editorial page editor of the New York Times in 1970, created the first op-ed […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine’s Psychological Services Center is offering a new COVID-19 Stress Clinic to help clients cope with the stress of the pandemic. When UMaine shifted to remote learning in mid-March, the center developed a telehealth program to continue helping clients, and is now accepting new clients, WABI reported. “There […]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has named Abigail Muscat a 2020 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholar. Muscat, a rising third-year marine sciences major and international affairs minor at the University of Maine, will receive a two-year academic scholarship, a 10-week paid summer internship opportunity and funding to participate in two national science conferences. “It […]
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A new Seed Grant Program will facilitate research collaborations between the University of Maine and Northeastern University as part of a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions. The program will fund up to $50,000 for a year of research for each initiative led by at least one researcher from each university in any field […]
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The Falmouth Enterprise advanced Henry Munson’s 5 p.m. Aug. 2 webinar that’s part of the Middle East Forum of Falmouth. Munson, a professor of anthropology and cooperating professor in the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine, will address “The Role of Religion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” Munson’s current research focuses […]
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Editor’s note: Six Climate Change Institute explorers participated in the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition featured in the “Expedition Everest” special scheduled to air at 10 p.m. EST June 30 on National Geographic. CCI director Paul Mayewski was the expedition leader and lead scientist. He guided the biological, geological, glaciological, meteorological, mapping […]
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National Geographic published a story about research connected to the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. A group of scientists in labs spread across Europe, the U.S. and Nepal have been working on the mountain “remotely” — analyzing a trove of ice, snow, water and sediment samples they collected last spring as part […]
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