Engineers, scientists, medical doctors and surgeons attended the Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio (BAMN) 10th International Congress Sept. 8–11 in Bangor. The event was co-chaired by University of Maine professors of mechanical engineering Mohsen Shahinpoor and Masoud Rais-Rohani. Participants from throughout the world attended lectures, presentations, exhibits and workshops to learn about such topics as […]

Judy Walker, associate professor and coordinator of the University of Maine Speech Therapy Telepractice Program, will present at the 10th anniversary conference of the Brain Injury Association of America — Maine Chapter on Oct. 9 at the University of Southern Maine. In her presentation, “Telepractice and Technology: Innovative Cognitive Rehabilitation for Brain Injury Survivors in […]

Merrill Elias, emeritus professor of psychology and Graduate School of Biomedical Science, has been appointed to the board of editors of the American Journal of Hypertension. He presently serves on the Hypertension board of editors and is a fellow on the Council of High Blood Pressure, American Heart Association. He has served on the editorial […]

University of Maine economist Jonathan Rubin, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, has been named an associate editor of the “Transportation Research Record,” the publication of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He is a member of the inaugural editorial board of the “Transportation Research Record” […]

“The Magus of Strovolos” by University of Maine professor of sociology Kyriacos Markides has been published in French by Éditions Le Dauphin Blanc, Quebec City.

Karen Robbie, a doctoral student in prevention and intervention studies, was one of 12 Ph.D. students nationwide to receive funding to attend the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2019 Special Education Legislative Summit. The conference, held in Washington, D.C. in July, covered legislative policy and advocacy for special educators. Attendees also had opportunities to visit with […]