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UMaine researchers partnering with UMass on $30 million NSF Science and Technology Center focused on braiding Indigenous knowledges and science 

Indigenous communities worldwide are facing the effects of climate changes, threats to their food supplies and the potential destruction of historically and culturally significant places. Using Indigenous knowledge and Western science, University of Maine faculty will devise new ways to tackle these pressing issues through a new research center based at the University of Massachusetts […]

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Fish are shrinking, according to new study co-authored by McGill

University of Maine ecology professor Brian McGill helped discover that the average body sizes of fish are shrinking as part of an international project with 16 other researchers.  The team, led by University of York macroecologist Inês Martins, analyzed the body size trends of numerous plants and animals worldwide from 1960–2020 using data from the […]

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L.L.Bean supporting UMaine’s work on eradicating ‘forever chemicals’

Editor’s note: This story was updated Sept. 21.  University of Maine postdoctoral scholar Manisha Choudhary is researching ways to eradicate toxic so-called “forever chemicals” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and training other students thanks to support from L.L.Bean.  The outdoor goods retailer based in Freeport, Maine gifted a two-year, $150,000 grant for […]

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Vincent Weaver ‘demakes’ video games to teach about computer systems

Vincent Weaver, a University of Maine associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has a quirky hobby: “de-making” video games, or reformatting classic games onto even simpler systems than the ones they were launched on as a programming challenge. Weaver has not only amassed an online fan base for his demakes — he has also […]

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Volin appointed to NCAA Division I Committee on Academics

John Volin, executive vice president of academic affairs and provost for the University of Maine, has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Committee on Academics, effective immediately. He will be serving in this capacity as part of a three-year term. The committee oversees various matters that support the NCAA’s academic mission, including Division I […]

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