The University of Maine MARINE Initiative will host a panel of leaders in the state to define and discuss the Blue Economy in Maine. This event will be held virtually on Nov. 18, at 12:30 p.m. and is open to the public. During the event, UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will provide remarks. The panel consists […]
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University of Maine School of Nursing students are working to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to elementary school students aged 5–11 who are now eligible to be vaccinated. The UMaine nursing students will be participating in as many as 13 clinics scheduled through Nov. 19 in Bangor-region schools delivered in partnership with Penobscot Community Health Care. Approximately […]
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As part of a collaboration with the Bangor Land Trust, the Maine Humanities Council and the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, art education students at the University of Maine are helping to improve food security for humans and wildlife in Maine by producing outreach materials for a project that is introducing native berry, nut, […]
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Maine Sea Grant staff and Maine-based researchers will advance a multimillion-dollar NOAA Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (ALI), which announced its third round of funding. Six newly funded research projects, three of which are led by Maine-based researchers, will address critical gaps in knowledge about how the American lobster (Homarus americanus) is being impacted by […]
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Pentagon leaders appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee in late September to review the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover of the country. As the Taliban gains control over the country amidst ongoing instability, it has become clear that the road to peace seems more difficult than ever before. “I think […]
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The Economic Development Administration has awarded the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine $509,000 over five years to fund the University Center for Economic Development, a collaboration of experts from the University of Maine System that will provide technical assistance and research for the implementation of the state’s 10-year economic development strategy. […]
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A new testing lab at the University of Maine will help state landowners monitor their trees for the presence of the destructive eastern spruce budworm, a key step in tracking and mitigating a developing outbreak that could have severe impacts on Maine’s forest land and economy. Angela Mech, UMaine assistant professor of forest entomology, heads […]
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The ways yeast and human cells communicate are similar, according to University of Maine assistant professor of biochemistry Joshua Kelley. Each makes use of a family of proteins called G-protein coupled receptors that detect signals outside the cell, and transfer that information into signals inside the cell. These types of receptors are responsible for, among […]
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Biochemistry major Bailey West of Stockton Springs is the University of Maine 2021 valedictorian and mechanical engineering major Drew Bennett of Brewer is this year’s salutatorian. “We are very proud of these two exceptional students,” says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “Both Bailey and Drew have excelled in all that they have pursued at UMaine and […]
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Franco American Programs at the University of Maine will collaborate with four other institutions in the region to launch the first-ever online, bilingual portal to Franco American archives and history collections from repositories across North America this spring. Franco American Digital Archives/Portail franco-américain, formerly known as the Franco American Portal project, will offer access to […]
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