The third annual UMaine Student Symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 17 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The event is part of Maine Impact Week and will be an opportunity for community members to meet student researchers and scholars, see their posters and exhibits, hear their presentations, view […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2018 CUGR Summer Fellowship winners. The center’s advisory committee selected 17 proposals from 45 student submissions to be awarded $3,000 each during the summer semester. Each proposal was reviewed by three judges and discussed at a panel for clarity of the proposed project, […]
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Maine Impact Week will showcase the depth and breadth of research and creative activity of the University of Maine community and its effect on Maine’s workforce and economic development through events planned for the week of April 16. Improving the quality of life of Alzheimer’s disease patients, detecting and characterizing a tick-borne pathogen in Maine’s […]
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Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard for clinical research, including the effects of blood pressure lowering on cognitive functioning. However, clinical trials aiming to improve normal cognitive function and slow the progress of dementia have yielded disappointing results. Statistically significant findings have not been observed in many trials, despite large samples and […]
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The University of Maine Office of Research Administration and the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute invite members of the UMaine community to celebrate and honor the achievements and leadership of Cliff Wilbur and Wendy Erickson at a retirement open house April 11. Wilbur is the assistant director of information management in the Office of Research Administration, […]
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Terry Hughes, 80, died March 10 at his home in Ft. Pierre, South Dakota. In 1974, Hughes began a joint appointment at the University of Maine in the Department of Geological Sciences (now the Department of Earth Sciences) and the Institute for Quaternary Studies (now the Climate Change Institute). His glaciological and climate research was […]
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Each year, Maine’s forest industry harvests 6 million to 7 million cords of wood to build homes and make furniture, paper and other products. Which of the following processes contributes the most to the increase in timber biomass? That’s a question developed for students in biology courses on six University of Maine System campuses. The […]
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Applications are now being accepted for the 2018–2019 Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship. The $3,500 scholarship is open to undergraduate students of all majors who are conducting independent research on a topic related to public policy. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be a Maine resident currently enrolled at UMaine and taking […]
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Six graduate students competed in a Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on March 23 at the Innovative Media Research Center in Orono. The unique competition, developed by the University of Queensland, requires presenters to explain their research using language the general public would comprehend in three minutes. The competitors were allowed to use a single […]
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The Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) program invites proposals for research mini-grants that will result in projects that create industry/academic partnerships and contribute to the performance metrics of the SEANET/EPSCoR program and the National Science Foundation. Proposals may be submitted by principal investigators from academic institutions, governmental agencies, aquaculture-related industries or nonprofit research institutions. It […]
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