University of Maine students in the New Media Program will showcase their work during the annual New Media Night on Thursday, May 5 at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center. This year’s event, titled “Go Mobile,” aims to celebrate a society that is increasingly in motion by showcasing new technologies to help it […]
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About 50 University of Maine students in the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Program will present their capstone design projects on Maine Day. From 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, students in a senior design course taught by MET professors Brett Ellis and Keith Berube will showcase their final projects in the Machine Tool Lab, Room […]
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Bangor Metro magazine published a feature article on Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work. Kaye created his career to focus on the lives of older adults and families, according to the article. “To judge someone by their physical appearance or the […]
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Undergraduate and graduate students presented their work to audiences and faculty judges during the 2016 Student Research Symposium held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on April 27. The winners and runners-up in each graduate category, as well as the winners of the special awards are: Winners from the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) […]
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The University of Maine’s Campuses for Environmental Stewardship groups will present student service-learning projects from 12:30–3 p.m. Thursday, May 5 in the Bangor Room, Memorial Union. Students, faculty and community members will be in attendance. Projects conducted this semester focused on issues of importance in the state including: sustainable tourism, mining activities, Penobscot River water […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on a land drone competition among mechanical engineering students at the University of Maine. As part of their capstone, students were tasked with developing and building a fully autonomous land drone that can traverse unstable, muddy terrain to patrol the border between the U.S. and Canada. The […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Marcella Sorg, a research professor of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, for the article, “Suicide rate climbing among middle-aged Mainers.” The number of Mainers who killed themselves in the 45–64 age group increased from 47 in 1999 to 102 in 2013 before declining […]
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Robert Glover, an assistant professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the city of Bangor’s positive elements that could help it succeed. “There’s a vibrance and dynamism to downtown that is attractive and can potentially be a source of interest and a […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on an ocean technology conference held at the University of Maine. The conference, which was organized by UMaine’s Canadian-American Center and the Maine International Trade Center, brought together researchers, business leaders and policymakers in ocean technology and strategy to promote a network of collaboration. The conference aimed to facilitate the integration […]
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Cutting-edge research that aims to improve conditions faced by disadvantaged communities and individuals will be showcased at the Social Work Graduate Research Symposium on May 4 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Wells Commons on the University of Maine campus. The presentations represent the work of 18 graduate students from UMaine’s Masters of Social […]
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