Morgan Talty, assistant professor of English, and Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology & plant ecology, received 2023 Maine Literary Awards from the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (MWPA). Talty won the Book Award for Fiction for his debut novel “Night of the Living Rez,” and Gill won the Short Works Competition in Nonfiction for […]
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Melissa Maginnis, associate professor of microbiology at the University of Maine, will participate in a moderated panel discussion during the Women in Bioscience Event, hosted by the Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME) 4–7 p.m. Wednesday, May 24 in Portland. Visit the BioME website for more information.
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John Belding, director of the University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing Center, was featured on a panel titled “Industry 4.0 and Maine’s Future in the Global Market,” hosted by the Maine International Trade Center on May 9. The panel was one of the organization’s annual Maine International Trade Day events.
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Abigayl Novak, who earned her Master of Science in Forest Resources from the University of Maine this May, spoke to the University of Maine Alumni Association about gender-diverse representation in the bioenergy and forestry sectors. “I’m really looking forward to seeing more women in forestry and us supporting each other in this industry. I want […]
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The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District named faculty in the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources Outstanding Conservation Educators of the Year. Nicole Rogers, assistant professor of silviculture; Jay Wason, assistant professor of forest ecosystem physiology; Shawn Fraver, associate professor of forest ecology; Jessica Leahy, Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry; […]
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University of Maine students and faculty of food science and human nutrition were recognized at the Maine Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ annual conference, “Nourishing Nutrition Professionals,” on April 28 in Freeport, Maine. Jade McNamara, assistant professor of human nutrition, received the Outstanding Dietitian of the Year award, and Kayla Parsons, Ph.D. student in food […]
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Michael Socolow, associate professor at the Department of Communications and Journalism, will present at the 2023 Radio Preservation Task Force conference in Washington, D.C., which takes place April 27–30. Socolow, who was a member of the 2023 Conference Organizing Team, has been a member of the Library of Congress’s Radio Preservation Task Force since its […]
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Eric Landis, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, partnered with researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the University of Vermont, who are all a part of the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC), for a project entitled “Advanced Sensing Technologies for Practical UAV-Based Condition Assessment” Their work, titled “Bridge […]
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Alumnus and president of Dielectric, Keith Pelletier, is among the recipients of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing’s Edward Bryand annual awards honoring alumni, faculty, staff and students. Pelletier was named the Edward T. Bryand Distinguished Engineer. Civil engineering professor and chair of the department, Shaleen Jain, received the Ashley Campbell Award. Amrit Verma […]
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development held an in-person Student Awards Ceremony for the first time since 2019 on April 18 at Wells Conference Center. More than 100 students were recognized at the event, which celebrated both academic achievement and participation in student groups and activities. Emily Davison of North Waterboro, […]
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