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Meet the 2023 Outstanding Graduating Students

Twelve undergraduates have been named 2023 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Read their short biographies:   Mille Baartvedt Mille Baartvedt of Oslo, Norway is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Education and Human Development. The kinesiology and physical education major is a Presidential Scholar. On campus, she has worked […]

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UMaine CCIDS receives nearly $500K Maine DHHS grant to help adults with disabilities

With a $499,970 grant from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services Office of Aging and Disability Services, the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), will conduct a model demonstration project of intensive evidence-based behavioral intervention to help adults with disabilities who are currently subject to restrictive behavior management […]

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VEMI Lab debuts custom-built multi-person autonomous vehicle simulator 

The VEMI Lab at the University of Maine has launched its custom-built multi-person autonomous vehicle simulator, a unique platform for human-subject research in the automotive space. VEMI’s Multimodal Omnidirectional Immersive Simulator for Inclusive Navigation or MOISIN (pronounced “mo-sheen”) is unique as the first fully autonomous “people mover” or “robo-taxi” motion simulator, designed as a replacement […]

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UMaine Alumni Awards honorees include Butterfield, Yardley and Labonte

Two internationally recognized researchers, a selfless advocate for those in need, and a business-savvy financial expert are among the honorees being recognized as part of the University of Maine Alumni Association’s 2023 Alumni Achievement Awards Ceremony on April 28. Award recipients, selected through a formal nomination and review process that concluded in January, led by […]

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Maine College of Engineering and Computing launching April 1

The University of Maine System Board of Trustees on Monday approved an initial engineering framework for the Maine College of Engineering and Computing, leveraging the strengths of the University of Maine’s College of Engineering and the University of Southern Maine’s Department of Engineering for the benefit of students and employers statewide.  The Maine College of […]

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UMaine awarded $11.3 million from NIH to support biomedical research

Editor’s note: This story was updated March 31, 2023. The University of Maine has received a $11.3 million Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support interdisciplinary biomedical research. The COBRE award will focus on research about the mechanisms that regulate cellular behavior in response to cues from […]

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Thirty-one faculty members receive tenure and/or promotion

At the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, 31 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring. The annual announcement recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement. Tenure for 21 of the faculty members was approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees on March […]

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Study asks what personal and professional factors help mitigate teacher burnout

A new study from two University of Maine researchers suggests that the personal protective factors of resilience and compassion satisfaction, and the professional factor of working in a positive school climate are key to mitigating burnout among teachers.  Compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress and burnout have long been identified as commonplace in so-called helping professions […]

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