What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? It’s been my intent to become a folklorist since I was 15. But very few colleges and universities in the Northeast, including three of the five to which I applied for my undergrad, offer anything at all in the way […]
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Have you had an experience at UMaine that has changed or shaped the way you see the world? Who you are — your color, language or your religion — does not matter. What matters are the results you yield at the end of the day and your passion for what you doing. Why UMaine? UMaine […]
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The Weekly Packet reported the European Geosciences Union is honoring University of Maine explorer, scientist and author Paul Mayewski for his achievements in ice research and climatic change. In addition to his research, Mayewski, director of the UMAine Climate Change Institute, is receiving the 2016 Hans Oeschger Medal in Vienna, Austria, for serving as a […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Rick Wahle was quoted in a Gloucester Daily Times editorial that argued American lobsters are not a threat to the Sweden lobster industry and that U.S. officials need to protect the trade market. “Attempts to introduce American lobsters elsewhere have failed,” Wahle was quoted in the editorial. “A newly introduced […]
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A Portland Press Herald editorial criticizing the European Union ban on imports of live Maine lobster cited Robert Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute. “I think what they’re saying, for the most part, is incorrect,” Bayer was quoted as saying in reference to claims by Swedish factions that American lobsters will […]
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The University of Maine Humanities Center (UMHC) has awarded more than $10,000 to seven faculty grant projects, including several based in the community. Spring 2016 UMHC Faculty Grants were awarded to: Constant Albertson, associate professor of art, to support the new media component of her ceramic art project, “Coordinates of Collateral Damage.” Kirsten Jacobson, associate […]
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The research of more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students will be highlighted in a daylong symposium April 27 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The 2016 UMaine Student Research Symposium will be held from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. The free public event is sponsored by UMaine Graduate Student Government and the Center for Undergraduate […]
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People who ate chocolate at least once a week performed better on multiple cognitive tasks, compared to those who ate chocolate less frequently, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maine, University of South Australia and Luxembourg Institute of Health that has garnered international attention. With age, education, gender age and […]
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On April 17, University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter was inducted as an honorary member of All Maine Women Honor Society. Professor Habib Dagher, executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was inducted as an honorary member of Senior Skull Honor Society. All Maine Women, founded in 1925, recognizes distinguished leadership, scholarship […]
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A wireless leak detection system created by University of Maine researchers is scheduled to board a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space Station this summer. The prototype, which was tested in the university’s inflatable lunar habitat and Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab), could lead to increased safety on the ISS and other space activities. […]
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