MaineBiz featured Evergreen Additive Inc., a new spinoff from the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC). The Brunswick-based company is commercializing large-format 3D printing technologies developed at the ASCC to serve Maine’s marine and defense industries. Led by ASCC alumni, Evergreen aims to streamline boat mold and component production while supporting Maine’s […]
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A new University of Maine program designed to encourage and recognize faculty pursuit of competitive research funding drew a robust response, with available resources fully committed just weeks after its launch. In July, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School Kody Varahramyan and Interim Provost Gabriel Paquette announced the Faculty Research Support […]
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Mainebiz.com reported the audiobook launch event for “Sea Run: A Study Regarding the Impact of Maine Policies on the Quality and Quantity of Traditional Tribal Fish Stocks and Sustenance Practices,” based on the same name of a a report co-authored by Anthony Sutton, University of Maine assistant professor of Native American food systems and citizen […]
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Pumpkin season starts at the University of Maine’s Highmoor Farm early in June. David Handley, a small fruit and vegetable specialist at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Mark Hutton, associate professor of vegetable crop, watch as the pumpkins grow, taking calls along the way from farmers in Maine who may be experiencing their own […]
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Shane Harriman could never have predicted his research would earn an award or bring him to the mountains of northern Italy. Raised in Orrington, Maine, Harriman has always had an affinity for the outdoors. After graduating from John Bapst Memorial High School in 2022, he chose to attend the University of Maine for its comfortable […]
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Joan Ferrini-Mundy highlighted the university’s leadership at today’s Maine Blue Economy Innovation Summit. ‘You don’t get to focus on an economy without thinking about the people who make and drive that economy,’ she said. On Maine’s rugged coast, where shipbuilding, fishing and working waterfronts have defined generations, leaders say the future is once again tied […]
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This fall, the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is launching a series of virtual workshops for researchers, educators and others seeking to broaden participation for individuals with disabilities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning and work. The workshops are part of Project TIDES (Teaching and Inclusion for Disability and […]
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) renewed the University of Maine’s first T32 institutional predoctoral training grant, expanding support for doctoral students in biomedical science and engineering. UMaine’s T32 program, launched in 2019, was the first of its kind at the state’s flagship university and remains one of only two active programs in Maine. Led […]
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With only 370 endangered right whales remaining in the world, University of Maine researchers have joined together with the New England Aquarium in Boston to create honing models on where the whales will appear next. Lead researcher Camille Ross, an associate research scientist at the New England Aquarium and former UMaine graduate student, told the […]
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College students’ relationships with friends, professional staff members, faculty and other members of their campus community are an important factor in their willingness to report hazing to their institutions, according to a new study from University of Maine researchers. Shared during National Hazing Awareness Week, which runs through Sept. 26, the study describes how the […]
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