A University of Maine initiative to create a first-ever bilingual portal to Franco American heritage records from archives in the United States and Canada has received a nearly $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Franco American Programs at UMaine, which is spearheading the Franco American Portal, also was awarded $10,000 from the […]
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The Intelligent GeoSolutions (IGS) team at the University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF) has released a free interactive mapping tool, the Forest Ecosystem Status and Trends (ForEST) app, to provide online decision support to private and public forest managers, natural resource agencies, conservation organizations and other stakeholders. With the current outbreak […]
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The United States Department of Agriculture Northeast Climate Hub has published a virtual tour of the University of Maine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, and videos based on the center’s work that focuses on research and development for Maine’s fruit and vegetable growers. The virtual tour is one of 19 created to date as part of […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a University of Maine and Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Maine MEP) innovation team working with in-state hospitals and manufacturing partners to build, test and start production of two variations of an “aerosol box” meant to protect frontline medical staff as they intubate or transport patients who may be sick with […]
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“Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability” will be published on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, says editor-in-chief Elyse DeFranco. This is the fourth annual issue of the online journal — created and compiled by a team of University of Maine graduate and undergraduate students — that highlights work from researchers, writers and artists […]
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The Ecological Society of America named Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie a recipient of the George Mercer Award that recognizes outstanding recently published ecological research by scientists 40 years old and younger. The postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maine shares the award with Mason Heberling, who is the study’s first author, and with co-authors Jason Fridley, […]
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the world’s most-cited multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, has published four articles by University of Maine researchers focusing on angles of the relationship between archaeology, climate change and the human experience as part of a Special Feature. By combining these fields of study, the teams hope to bring insights […]
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Mainebiz reported on Susan MacKay, co-founder and former CEO of Cerahelix Inc., becoming senior research and development program manager at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. MacKay is managing the large-scale biobased additive manufacturing program, researching, developing and commercializing products that involve 3-D printing technology, according to the report. She also will […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and Mainebiz reported on the University of Maine’s efforts to help tackle supply shortages faced by health care providers during the coronavirus pandemic. The station also shared the news release. The first UMaine-led initiative to help meet the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers focuses on production of […]
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Been bingeing movies? Put this one on your list: “Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds.” The award-winning film includes Rick Wahle, research professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine. The feature documentary, which won “Best New England Film” at the 2018 Mystic Film Festival, is about […]
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