The University of Maine Annual Fund office will be conducting the institution’s first Maine Day of Giving May 4, 2016. The 24-hour-long event will take place during the University’s annual Maine Day – traditionally a day of service for University students, faculty and staff, also on May 4. In this way, alumni and friends of […]
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More than 35 mechanical engineering students at the University of Maine will compete in the Mud Season Challenge on April 30 as part of their capstone requirement. The students were tasked with developing and building a fully autonomous land drone that can traverse unstable, muddy terrain to patrol the border between the U.S. and Canada […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s five-session class covering raised bed and container gardening starts 9–11 a.m. May 18 at the Somerset County Extension office, 7 County Drive, Skowhegan. UMaine Extension staff and Master Gardener volunteers will lead the hands-on series; remaining sessions will be held June 15, July 13, Aug. 17 and Sept. 14, at […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2016 CUGR Summer Fellowship winners. The center’s advisory committee selected five proposals from 19 student submissions to be awarded $3,000 each during the summer semester. This year’s winners are: Antonia Carroll, chemistry, “Carbon Dioxide Fixation Using a Tungsten Oxide Electro-Catalyst,” advised by Brian […]
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The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture at the University of Maine honored 11 students for their exemplary achievements during a banquet on April 20. The undergraduate recipients are: Frank B. and Charles S. Bickford Memorial Prize: Elizabeth E. Wood, biology; Outstanding International Student: Dominika Trzilova, molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry; and The […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts is “re-igniting the flame.” The flame is sculptor Clarke Fitz-Gerald’s “Flame of Inspiration” chandelier, which once graced the foyer of the-then Maine Center for the Arts. The 21-foot-tall bronze chandelier, weighing more than a ton, was a fiery presence at the center for about two decades, including when Yo-Yo […]
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Friends and family of Alan Reynolds are invited to celebrate his life from 2–4 and 6–8 p.m. Thursday, April 28 at the Birmingham Funeral Home, 438 Main St., Old Town. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Friday, April 29 at Parish of the Resurrection, Holy Family Church, Old Town. Burial with […]
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Inventor and entrepreneur James Ferguson uses his head. And with assistance from University of Maine researchers, he’s creating a material to help other people protect theirs. The founder and CEO of Alba-Technic, LLC in Winthrop, Maine has developed a patented, shock-absorbing material system to shield the brain from injury. Ferguson, a former nuclear power plant […]
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Five University of Maine students have been named winners of the 2016 Edith Patch Award. The award is given annually to undergraduate and graduate students who have demonstrated scholarship and service in the fields of science, agriculture, engineering or environmental education, and who show promise for future contribution in their field. The award is named […]
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Shad, sturgeon, salmon and lampreys have swum up the Penobscot River to spawn for eons. In honor of this annual migration, the UMaine Student Subunit of the American Fisheries Society is hosting its own run, albeit on land, on April 30. The second annual Spawning Run 5K starts at 9 a.m. in front of Nutting […]
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