Boothbay Register, Wiscasset Newspaper and Penobscot Bay Pilot published a University of Maine news release about a $500,000 Maine Technology Institute grant awarded to the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The grant will be used to form a technology cluster to help Maine boatbuilders explore how large-scale 3D printing using economical, wood-filled plastics can […]
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Lenard Kaye, a professor of social work at the University of Maine and director of the UMaine Center on Aging, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was the prevalence of loneliness and what can be done to reduce its health and social impacts.
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WABI (Channel 5), News Center Maine and WVII (Channel 7) covered the 20th annual Engineering Job Fair at the University of Maine. The first-ever fair featured 12 companies, and this year’s event featured 150 companies seeking new employees and interns, WABI reported. More than 1,000 students attended the fair, held Oct. 17 in the New Balance […]
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Clarissa Henry has been involved with a doctoral program at the University of Maine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE), since its inception in 2006. As the newly appointed GSBSE program director, Henry will implement strategies to facilitate growth and maximize efficiency within the program. The Office of the Vice President for […]
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Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (WiSTEMM) at the University of Maine will host several professional development, networking and community engagement events Oct. 17 and 18. WiSTEMM Days events will be held 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m. in Buchanan Alumni House, McIntire Room on Oct. 17 and Stodder Hall, Room 57 on Oct. 18. Discussions […]
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More than 152 companies are expected to be represented at the University of Maine’s 2018 Engineering Job Fair on Oct. 17. The 20th annual event, which is expected to attract more than 1,000 students, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Co-sponsored by the UMaine College […]
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The aging-in-place movement has heightened the imperative that living environments meet the diversity of needs of older residents. Innovative approaches to making the residential environments of older adults safe, healthy, affordable and personalized continue to challenge policymakers, planners and service providers alike. High-functioning housing communities are crucial to realizing the highest quality of life of […]
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The Ellsworth American previewed a talk about soft-shell clams by Brian Beal, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine at Machias. Beal will speak about his decades worth of research on the clams at a public meeting of the Lamoine Conservation Commission at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Lamoine Consolidated School. […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot article “Shrimp count remains low, depleted” mentioned a model developed by University of Maine researchers. The population of shrimp is still depleted and spawning stock biomass has been extremely low since 2013, according to the article. The 2018 stock assessment of the shrimp fishery investigated three models, with the preferred one […]
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The relationship between community resilience and reuse markets is the focus of a recently funded project led by University of Maine researchers. Cynthia Isenhour, a professor of anthropology and climate change, and Andrew Crawley, a professor of regional economic development, were awarded $265,147 from the National Science Foundation to examine Maine’s reuse markets and their […]
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