Maine Sea Grant has launched Buoy Maine, a new pitch competition to fund innovative projects and ideas to help coastal businesses better address the challenges of operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition consists of two phases — a short, written proposal and a five-minute verbal pitch — and concludes with a virtual public celebration. […]
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A news release issued by Sen. Susan Collins on Aug. 17 regarding cosponsorship of bipartisan legislation to support the research community during the COVID-19 pandemic quoted University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “Federally funded research at the University of Maine has grown our local natural resource economy, strengthened the state’s quality […]
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The University of Southern Maine Muskie School of Public Service and the University of Maine Graduate and Professional Center will offer the special course series “Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic: Resilience and Recovery.” This free, 12-session series is an updated version of the June 2020 class offered by the Muskie Center, and is designed to enhance […]
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The University of Maine Wilson Center is sharing resources to make the last month of summer productive by supporting fun and personal reflection. Summer Fun Boxes, which contain coloring sheets and colored pencils, gratitude stones, poems and a candle, among other items, can be picked up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays at 67 College […]
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When the coronavirus forced schools across the country to halt in-person instruction in March, many districts in Maine chose to focus on whole child well-being as part of their pandemic responses. Maine schools also tried to strike a balance between supports for families and possible disease exposure for teachers, staff and others in the community. […]
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Detection and analysis of airborne coronavirus droplets using a bioengineered membrane is the focus of exploratory research at the University of Maine and University of Massachusetts Amherst, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Their inspiration comes from nature — the pitcher plant, with its liquid membrane that traps insects. The project, led by UMaine […]
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A University of Maine researcher and six graduate students are helping Maine state officials estimate the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Crawley, an assistant professor of regional economic development with the UMaine School of Economics, and his students are working with the State Economist’s Office to develop forecasts for how much COVID-19 will […]
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The University of Maine has manufactured more than 2,200 bottles of testing solutions required to perform aerosol fit tests of N95 masks in accordance with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration protocols for testing Personal Protective Equipment. Maine public sector enforcement guidance requires that state and local government health care employers perform an initial qualitative fit test for […]
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A University of Maine and Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Maine MEP) innovation team developing solutions to COVID-19-related health care challenges has worked with in-state hospitals and manufacturing partners to build, test and start production of two variations of an “aerosol box” meant to protect frontline medical staff as they intubate or transport patients who may […]
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Efforts to monitor and combat the coronavirus outbreak have produced a barrage of new information daily, some of which can be contradictory or incorrect. A group of University of Maine professors and students is helping the city of Bangor Public Health & Community Services Department navigate the pandemic by sending updates backed by science that […]
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