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Three more UMaine students earn prestigious NSF graduate fellowships

Three University of Maine graduate students have received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The three fellows awarded in 2016 — incoming students Anna McGinn and William Kochtitzky in the Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, respectively, […]

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WVII covers hazing prevention research forum

WVII (Channel 7) reported on a two-day meeting held at the University of Maine to discuss hazing prevention research. The event was the culmination of the Hazing Prevention Consortium, a three-year research-to-practice initiative led by Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at UMaine. In addition to UMaine, the meeting included representatives from seven other […]

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Andean Past journal now published on Digital Commons

The journal Andean Past, founded at Cornell University in 1986 by Dan Sandweiss, is now sponsored by the University of Maine and published on Digital Commons. The latest volume is online; prior issues will be uploaded in the coming months. Andean Past is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to research in the archaeology and ethnohistory […]

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Media report on Morse’s scallop aquaculture research

The Portland Press Herald and Global Aquaculture Advocate cited research by Dana Morse, a scientist with Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in articles on Mainers testing a Japanese method to farm scallops. Maine sea farmers hope the “ear-hanging” technique will grow larger mollusks faster than current methods do, according to the […]

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Vekasi selected for U.S.-Japan Network for the Future program

A University of Maine political scientist is one of 12 scholars selected to participate in the two-year U.S.-Japan Network for the Future program, designed to identify and support American professionals with the potential to become Japan specialists and policy experts. Kristin Vekasi, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of […]

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Media report SMART participant, recent Bangor High grad given key to city

WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported Paige Brown, a recent Bangor High School graduate, was given the key to the city at a Bangor City Council meeting. In March, Brown received one of three first-place awards — worth $150,000 — from Intel Science Talent Search, a national competition recognizing the […]

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UMaine to host hazing research symposium

The University of Maine will host researchers from seven other universities for a two-day meeting to discuss hazing prevention research. The event is the culmination of the Hazing Prevention Consortium, a three-year research-to-practice initiative led by UMaine Professor of Higher Education Elizabeth Allan. In addition to UMaine, the meeting will include representatives from the University […]

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