Penny Bishop, dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, delivered pre-screening remarks at the premiere of the documentary “Changing By The Minute” on June 16. Bishop served as an advisor on the film, which follows the students, staff and administrators at a public middle school in New York City, where […]
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Advanced Structures and Composites and School of Forest Resources professors and researchers Douglas Gardner and Yousoo Han, and doctoral students Elliot Sander and Sungjun Hwang, presented at the 2022 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials in Helsinki, Finland. Their presentation: “Methods to produce dry nanoscale cellulose nanocrystal powders: challenges and opportunities.” The conference, […]
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Maine Audubon hosted its sixth annual Native Plant Festival on June 11. The festival’s feature event was an interactive presentation featuring University of Maine researchers who are working to conserve brown ash (Fraxinus nigra). John Daigle, a citizen member of the Penobscot Nation and professor of forest recreation management, and Ph.D. students Suzanne Greenlaw of […]
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Alicia Lacy, assistant professor of athletic training, received the 2022 Mike Linkovich Graduate/Post-Graduate Grant Award at this year’s Northern New England Athletic Trainers Conference in Portland. The $1,000 award is provided by the Maine Athletic Trainers’ Association to promote research or scholarly works that will facilitate advancement of the athletic training profession. Lacy will put […]
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David Hart, director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine gave the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Highly Integrative Basic and Responsive (HIBAR) Research Alliance on May 3, 2022. The HIBAR Research Alliance (HRA) is an international network of research universities focused on using […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H youth development professional Carla Scocchi is the recipient of the 2021 Denise Miller National 4-H Innovator Award, presented by the National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals. The award “recognizes an individual or team who exemplifies innovation, accomplishment, and commitment in the design and delivery of a unique […]
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Feb. 27–March 10, the University of Maine Intensive English Institute (IEI) held a virtual English program for students from Hirosaki University in the Aomori district of Japan. The annual program started in 2001 and has been conducted continuously for 22 years, with nearly 400 student participants. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event has been […]
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University of Maine faculty members and graduate students presented or participated in more than 20 different events at the 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in San Diego, the world’s largest annual gathering of education scholars and practitioners. Here’s a look at some of the presentations, panels, and other events featuring UMaine researchers: […]
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Sarah Walker Caron, part-time faculty in the Department of Communication and Journalism, and a Department of English graduate student, authored a new cookbook, “The Disney Princess Tea Parties Cookbook,” which was released by Insight on April 19, 2022. The cookbook features over 50 kid-friendly and easy-to-follow recipes inspired by the Disney Princesses. This is Caron’s […]
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Esther Adekeye, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering doctoral student in the lab of Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, professor of clinical nutrition, has been selected by the BioME Student Showcase judges to compete in the 2022 BioME Student Showcase Fast Pitch competition on April 27 in Portland.
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