University of Maine research to provide molecular-level understanding of glycan-associated disorders, such as inflammation, pathogen infection and cancer, has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Matthew Brichacek, UMaine assistant professor of chemistry, leads the research to develop methods to synthesize glycans — a family of carbohydrates — that can […]
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Kimberley Rain Miner, Ph.D. candidate in Earth and climate sciences at the University of Maine, was recently selected as a Switzer Environmental Fellow by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. This year, the Switzer Foundation awarded 20 fellowships of $15,000 each for emerging environmental leaders who are pursuing graduate degrees and are dedicated to positive […]
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Nineteen graduate students in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine are helping ensure that European fisheries sustainably utilize ocean resources. The students participated in 20 stock assessment student reviews for European fisheries in early June through the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). ICES is the oldest intergovernmental […]
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About 85 high school students and nearly 20 teachers from around Maine, as well as other parts of the country, will gather at the University of Maine for a multiday program that focuses on creating innovative solutions to environmental problems related to stormwater management. Students from 16 high schools in Maine and one in both […]
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About 250 researchers and industry leaders from around the world are expected to attend the second International Conference of Fish & Shellfish Immunology June 26–30 in Portland, Maine. The University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute is hosting this year’s international conference at the Holiday Inn By the Bay on behalf of the International Society of […]
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Three University of Maine graduate students have received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The three fellows awarded in 2016 — incoming students Anna McGinn and William Kochtitzky in the Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, respectively, […]
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Twenty-five emerging leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa will spend six weeks attending an institute in public management at the University of Maine, one of 37 institutions nationwide selected for this year’s Mandela Washington Fellowship program. During their stay in Maine, June 17–July 31, the men and women will attend executive-style academic sessions led by UMaine faculty, […]
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Selections from an opera in one act, “Until the War Is Over,” will be presented by the University of Maine School of Performing Arts June 23. The free public event will feature a pre-performance lecture by poet Jennifer Moxley at 7 p.m., followed at 7:30 by performance of selections from the opera, which is based […]
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By Chase Brunton Maine consumers would be willing to pay more for food that is sustainably harvested and some may even be willing to spend extra for seafood harvested in Maine waters, according to a recent survey conducted by researchers in the University of Maine School of Economics. The issue, according to researchers, is that […]
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Thirteen students and two professors from the University of Maine spent the final week of May on Swan’s Island doing community service projects and taking in the island’s natural and cultural attractions as part of a unique May Term travel-study course. When Annette Nelligan and Laura Cowan met last fall at a seminar on service […]
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