The Bangor Daily News published a report about Carol Kim, vice president for research and dean of the graduate school at the University of Maine, testifying before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. Kim spoke about UMaine’s multidisciplinary initiatives focused on helping elders to age and thrive in place. A lot of UMaine’s aging […]
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University of Maine graduate student and Fort Kent native Lisa Lavoie’s master’s thesis on her borderland community was the focus of a Bangor Daily News column titled “French, family connections endure in Valley despite changes at border crossing.” Lavoie’s thesis, which she defended in April, looks at changes along the Fort Kent-Clair border since the […]
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Thought you had it tough shoveling the walkway this winter? Corianne Tatariw and Kaizad Patel cleared four 16.5-foot by 33-foot plots of land in University Forest in Old Town every time it snowed. All in a quest for knowledge. Tatariw and Patel are pursuing doctoral degrees in ecology and environmental science at the University of […]
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The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has received a $497,965 award from the National Institutes of Standards and Technology for mapping technical manufacturing challenges in structural thermoplastic materials. UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, in collaboration with Celanese Corporation, Eastman Chemical Company, Polystrand and Royal TenCate, will launch CMIST — the Consortium […]
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The University of Maine is one of nine arts groups in the state that will receive nearly $900,000 in federal money through the National Endowment for the Arts, according to the Portland Press Herald. UMaine was awarded $25,000 for a traveling exhibit on fiber folk arts, which is led by Maine Folklife Center Director Pauleena […]
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A 2013 study by Sandra Butler, a University of Maine social work professor, was cited in a Kansas City Star article about Missouri lawmakers voting to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would cut thousands of low-income residents off a federal welfare program. Butler’s study, “TANF Time Limits and Maine Families: Consequences of […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded $351,092 by the Maine Technology Institute for its new wind and wave facility. The grant will add two additional pieces of equipment to the $8 million facility that will house W² — the world’s first wind and wave lab […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on research conducted by three graduate social work students at the University of Maine. Last fall, Mikala Thompson, Alaina Crowley and Daniel Cohen began researching how many doctors in the state prescribed Suboxone, which is used to treat opioid addiction, according to the article. Three months after the students began […]
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The Mechanical Engineering Design Open House on May 5 will feature an address by Professor Emeritus Richard Hill, “Fossil Fuels and Alternatives,” beginning at noon in Hill Auditorium, followed by an exhibition of capstone projects from 1:10–5:30 p.m., first floor of Crosby Laboratory. For more information, call 207.409.6872.
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Children with asthma can benefit from cardiovascular exercise, according to a study by University of Maine researchers. In fact, after students ran increasingly faster 20-meter (65.6 foot) sprints for more than a year, children with the chronic lung disease performed as well as youth without breathing difficulties, says Stephen Butterfield, UMaine professor of physical education […]
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