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Business student co-develops award-winning AI chatbot for Sherwin-Williams

When Connor Daigle of Union, Maine attended a career event at the Maine Business School, he didn’t expect it would lead him to a top-tier internship and an award-winning team project. Daigle, who is double majoring in marketing and business information systems and security management, led his team to victory in Sherwin-Williams’ Eastern Division Internship […]

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UMaine unveils app to gauge AI’s environmental cost

A new app, “What Uses More,” aims to reveal the environmental footprint of tasks completed with artificial intelligence, encouraging users to examine critically the energy and water consumption of their digital activities.  The app, developed by Jon Ippolito, a professor of new media at the University of Maine, was unveiled June 25 as a part […]

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UMaine research compares most cost-effective methods for Atlantic sea scallop aquaculture

Much of the scallop farming techniques used in the U.S. derive from practices in Japan, where scallops have long been a part of the country’s seafood industry. Researchers from the University of Maine are working to test and adapt those practices to help grow the industry in the Gulf of Maine, where oyster farming is […]

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UMaine engineers find new method for developing stronger, lighter 3D-printed parts

Engineers at the University of Maine have developed a method to more accurately predict the strength of lightweight 3D-printed objects. This research, conducted at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), will enable designers to create more robust and reliable printed components that can apply to a wide range of sectors, including aerospace, automotive and […]

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Maine Sea Grant helping state conserve Atlantic salmon 

Whether it’s through fish stocking, habitat restoration or research, the University of Maine-led Maine Sea Grant is helping the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) conserve Atlantic salmon in the Gulf of Maine — the last wild populations of the species in the U.S. Through a program offered by Maine Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries […]

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UMaine researchers examine issues around using AI in family therapy

A new paper from two University of Maine researchers explores the challenges and opportunities for scholars and practitioners when it comes to using AI to study and develop interventions for relationship and family therapy.  “Challenges and opportunities in using interpretable AI to develop relationship interventions” was published in Family Relations, the academic research journal of […]

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UMaine summer program teaches high schoolers how to be leaders

The University of Maine equipped rising high school seniors with knowledge and skills to become future leaders through a weeklong program featuring talks from executives and government officials, and outdoor leadership and co-curricular programs. Since 2019, the UMaine Cohen Institute’s weeklong Summer Leadership Program has immersed more than 250 students from all of Maine’s sixteen […]

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Calling all anglers! Help reel in data for UMaine striped bass research

At the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, student researchers have launched a new project this summer to investigate the feeding habits of striped bass along the coast of Maine.  The project is led by Abby Remick, a first-year graduate student in the lab of Michelle Staudinger, associate professor of marine sciences. Student researchers will […]

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