President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will discuss the University of Maine’s impact on the greater Portland area at an upcoming Eggs and Issues event hosted by the Portland Chamber of Commerce at 7 a.m. Thursday, April 11 at the University of Southern Maine’s Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford St. Her talk will also explore how UMaine has evolved […]
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Jennifer Baker has been named assistant vice president for research finance and administration at the University of Maine. Baker, who has more than 18 years of financial management and administration experience in UMaine’s research enterprise, has assumed strategic leadership of financial and personnel administration in her new role. “Jenn’s deft ability to streamline administrative processes […]
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A research project partially funded in part by the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, a part of the University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, is highlighted in an article from Maine Public. In 2021, research crews began monitoring 300 sites in forest habitats across nearly 600,000 acres in Maine’s North Woods. The goal […]
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Research from University of Maine professor of oceanography Emmanuel Boss and professor of marine sciences Damian Brady to collect ocean data using a NASA satellite was highlighted by the Portland Press Herald. The PACE satellite will be in space for three years to collect the most detailed data on record about the color and health […]
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The 2024 Student Symposium for Research and Creative Activity, the University of Maine’s premiere celebration of student achievement, will be on Friday, April 12 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the New Balance Field House. More than 1,000 students from the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias will showcase their research, scholarship […]
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The South Portland Sentry interviewed Greg LeClair, University of Maine Ph.D. student and founder of Maine Big Night, regarding the impact of the event. Maine Big Night is a nonprofit community science project established to help save amphibians from getting hit by cars on roads. It is a community-driven effort, spearheaded by volunteers dedicated to […]
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The World Economic Forum used a data visualization from University of Maine Climate Change Institute Climate Reanalyzer to show that the ocean temperature record has been broken everyday thus far in 2024. Mid-March marked a full year of global ocean surface temperatures consistently being the warmest on record, according to data from the U.S. National […]
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One-time Congressionally Directed Spending awards will be invested statewide in public university infrastructure and programming that directly address critical workforce shortages in the state and advance economic and community growth ORONO, Maine — Funding in the federal budget package passed this weekend will enable the University of Maine System (UMS) to further strengthen and grow […]
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WFVX (Fox 22 in Bangor) highlighted research from University of Maine students and assistant professor of chemical engineering Evan Wujcik that aimed to make wearable sensor technology more comfortable and reliable. The team of researchers created a prototype of a wearable sensor system that can repair itself like skin by reattaching pieces that tear. “Those […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a new center for researching and finding solutions to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are found in Maine’s water and land and have been linked to liver disease and high cholesterol, at the University of Maine. E & E News by Politico and the Bangor Daily News […]
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