Kreutz, Students Part of Ice Core Team That Links Abrupt Temperature Changes in Arctic, Antarctic
Kreutz, students part of ice core team that links abrupt temperature changes in Arctic, Antarctic.
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New Media Students Develop Fall Detection Device for Older Adults
University of Maine seniors in the New Media Department are developing a fall detection device for older adults to use outside their homes. Benjamin Herold-Porter of Biddeford, Maine, and Heather Anderson of Jonesboro, Maine, have created a prototype that can detect when the person wearing the device has fallen and automatically text a programmed cell […]
Read moreUMaine Ph.D. Student Wins UMaine Business Challenge
University of Maine Ph.D. student Nadir Yildirim won first place at the 2015 UMaine Business Challenge for his company that aims to develop eco-friendly, recyclable and reusable products for several industries. Yildirim, a student in the Wood Science and Technology Program in the School of Forest Resources, received $5,000 to further develop his business, Revolution […]
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UMaine Students Design Device for Girl with One Hand to Play Recorder
UMaine students design device for girl with one hand to play recorder.
Read moreTwo-Day Event to Focus on Saving Endangered Native Languages
“Saving Endangered Native Languages” is the theme of the spring 2015 University of Maine Humanities Symposium April 24–25. Language activists and tribal representatives from native communities in the northeastern United States and Canada along with university partners will discuss the challenges and opportunities for language revitalization during the two-day event on campus. Jessie Little Doe […]
Read more2015 Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase Winners
Student research was displayed during the 6th annual Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase on April 14. The event, sponsored by UMaine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), was open to any undergraduate at the university and featured 121 presentations from 229 students in the form of 92 posters, 16 oral presentations or performances, and 13 exhibits. […]
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Top Faculty Awards Cite Distinction in Civil Engineering, Philosophy, History and Communication
Annual awards cite distinction in civil engineering, philosophy, history and communication.
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Biochemistry and Physics Majors Land NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Biochemistry and physics majors land NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.
Read moreTwo UMaine Projects Receive Northeastern States Research Cooperative Awards
The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC), a competitive grant program supported by the USDA Forest Service and serving the states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont announced its 2015 research awards to advance cross-disciplinary, collaborative research in the Northern Forest region. The University of Maine will lead two of the 11 projects to […]
Read moreRezendes Ethics Lecture Set for Earth Day
Baird Callicott, a philosophy professor at the University of North Texas, will present the 2015 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics Lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in Nutting Hall, Room 100 at the University of Maine. Callicott’s Earth Day lecture is titled, “Thinking Like a Planet: The Land Ethic and the Earth […]
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