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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Graduate research assistant Libby Gorse, whose lab is in the basement of Boardman Hall at the University of Maine, is excited about research she’s spearheading for a Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) project. She and Aria Amirbahman, professor of civil and environmental engineering, are studying the effects that aquaculture farms have on sediment below them. […]
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Three University of Maine marine science students authored an article about developing camaraderie and job skills in “Oceanography” magazine. Doctoral candidates Karen Stamieszkin, Melissa A. May and Alison Chase wrote about their experience creating the Marine Science Professional Development Club (MSPDC) and planning three student retreats at the seaside Darling Marine Center in Walpole. “Indeed, […]
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The fourth annual Maine Humanities Summit aims to deepen the understanding of how the humanities play a crucial role in the post-war homecoming of service people, as well as their family members and communities. The public is invited to join the conversation and enjoy a buffet dinner starting with a reception at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, […]
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University of Maine graduate students and faculty will make more than 60 presentations about emerging climate change research on topics from lobsters to deer ticks at the 24th annual Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium on April 14–15, in Stodder Hall. The symposium namesake, Professor Emeritus Harold “Hal” Borns, founded the Climate Change Institute at UMaine […]
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The Department of Sociology and Office of Multicultural Student Life are among the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. The Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research and Newman Center also recently upgraded. The new umaine.edu and related pages debuted in summer 2015. For more information on the UMaine website conversion, contact Mike […]
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Undergraduate students from the School of Marine Sciences will present the research they conducted for their capstone projects on Thursday, April 7 in Wells Conference Center. Students prepared posters to explain their research, and will be available to answer questions from 3 to 5 p.m. An award ceremony will follow.
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University of Maine doctoral student Skylar Bayer and oceanographer Bob Steneck will deliver TEDx talks at separate events in May. Bayer, based at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, will take the stage at TEDxPiscataquaRiver “On the Edge” on Friday, May 6, at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Bayer, a doctoral candidate in marine […]
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Fogler Library is offering a trial of the database “African American Communities” from Adam Matthew. According to the website, the database “showcases a diverse range of primary source material focusing on race relations across social, political, cultural and religious arenas. … Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Brooklyn, and towns and cities in North […]
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A project to bring full-text scores from the Maine Music Box database into Digital Commons is underway. The first of several series to be migrated is the “Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection” with 5,200 illustrated sheet music scores now available on Digital Commons. Materials in the public domain, or published before 1923, may be downloaded […]
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