Ali Abedi, associate vice president for research and professor of electrical and computer engineering, attended IEEE International Wireless Communication and Networking Conference in Austin, Texas, where academic and industry leaders discussed new technologies to move us forward to the next generation, 6G wireless era. The mayor of Austin declared this week as IEEE week. Participants […]
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Joanne Yestramski, University of Maine vice president and chief business officer, received the KPMG Distinguished Service Award of the Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers (EACUBO) at its 2022 Spring Gathering, March 27–29 in Philadelphia. The KPMG Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to a higher education business officer, active or retired, who […]
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Visiting assistant professor of special education Melissa Cuba has been invited to participate in a new Maine Department of Education (MDOE) initiative to promote bilingual education in Maine schools. She will be joining MDOE’s new Multilingual Education Task Force, co-facilitated with the Multistate Association for Bilingual Education. Cuba also recently reviewed MDOE guidance for school districts on […]
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Walter Golet, assistant professor in the School of Marine Sciences and sited at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, has been named chair of the U.S. ICCAT Advisory Committee. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is one of many regional fisheries management organizations where countries and fishing entities come together to […]
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On March 11, 2022, Orlina Boteva, director of the University of Maine Office of International Programs, participated in a panel of higher education professionals on a special episode of “Office Hours with Dr. De Veau.” Professionals from four universities came together to provide insight into the work their institutions are doing to support Ukrainian and […]
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In honor of Women’s History Month, the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) will look into the not-so-distant past to see how three women found their place in a global society through study abroad. Panelists will share moments of courage, how they’ve failed (and gotten back up again) and why students — regardless of gender identity […]
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New media professors and Still Water lab co-directors Joline Blais and Jon Ippolito presented their projects that explore regenerative models of creation, informed by Indigenous partners, permaculture and online collaboration in a Zoom presentation at the Cultural Center of Belgrade, Serbia, on March 3. Ippolito also was a remote speaker in two online panels: “Circumventing […]
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Judith Rosenbaum-Andre, associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism, will give a keynote address at a conference on spoilers, organized by the University of Zurich, March 17–19. The keynote address: “Spoilers and the Narrative Experience: Lessons from Ten Years of Empirical Research.” Rosenbaum-Andre’s research examines the role played by spoilers in […]
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Last fall, Laura Rickard, University of Maine associate professor of communication and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow, led risk communication training for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The training, largely for new DEP staff who are or will be testing for PFAS at people’s homes and on their property, focused on effective ways […]
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Edward Grew, research professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, has helped a team of Chinese and Italian scientists obtain official recognition of a new boron mineral discovered as nano-inclusions in chromite deposits from a mine in Tibet. The new mineral has been approved by the Commission on […]
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