Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News editorial about the first images released from the James Webb Space Telescope. “In my nearly four decades in the astronomy education and outreach profession I’ve never seen such stunning images as were released today by the James Webb Space […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Maine Public reported on the effort at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center to 3D print small homes made with wood fiber. Home to the world’s largest polymer 3D printer, ASCC is developing robotic and artificial intelligence technology to automate construction, which they predict will be faster […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, was interviewed by The Scientist about the current sixth mass extinction. “We’re in this really unusual position, where, for the first time, we are trying to put our finger on a geologically […]
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The Office of International Programs hosted Maine Central Institute, an independent high school based in Pittsfield, and their partner institutions from Taiwan for a full day of tours on the University of Maine campus. The group was made up of over 70 students and nearly 30 adults, including principals, teachers and the director general of […]
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The Maine Department of Education shared that University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy participated in a panel discussion on how Maine is paving the way for students and teachers to be successful in the world of computer science. “The more we can engage with computer science at the Pre-K through 12 level, the more ready […]
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In an article about a Brunswick campaign to promote how food waste recycling could help residents save both dollars and the environment, the Times Record interviewed Susanne Lee, faculty fellow at the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, about the benefits of keeping food waste out of landfills. “There’s a […]
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Andrew Schanck from Pittsfield, Maine received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and his Ph.D in civil engineering from the University of Maine. He says he chose UMaine because of its renowned engineering program and stayed to pursue research as a graduate student in bridge engineering and advanced numerical modeling. He started working at UMaine’s world-class […]
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Michael Haedicke, associate professor of sociology and faculty fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, and Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about how Maine needs to do […]
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University of Maine associate professor of biomedical engineering Caitlin Howell will deliver a talk during the National Academy of Engineering’s The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2022 U.S.-based symposium Sept. 21–23 in Seattle. Howell is one of 84 highly accomplished, early-career engineers from academia, industry and government invited to participate in the two-and-a-half day event […]
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Onur Apul, assistant professor of environmental engineering at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News in an article about PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” that were discovered in the public drinking water systems of Skowhegan, Oakland and Fryeburg serving more than 4,500 households and businesses. Apul said that While people will undoubtedly […]
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