Alongside a lot of flour and sugar, cooking skills, food science knowledge, ingenuity and market acumen were the key ingredients for a fall course at the University of Maine in which students created innovative grab-and-go desserts. The graduate-level Food Product Development, taught by professor Denise Skonberg, required students to undergo several rounds of ideation, production […]
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Artificial intelligence is poised to transform how people live and work. Nearly one-quarter of Maine’s workers face significant AI-related job changes, according to a 2024 report published by the U.S. Office of Economic Policy. To stay competitive, researchers from the University of Maine offer leaders in business, policy and education various resources to learn to […]
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On a recent Friday morning, the staff of the University of Maine Counseling Center gathered in the office common room. Over coffee and pastries, they listened as Sarah Howorth, an associate professor of special education at UMaine, talked about the challenges people with autism and other developmental disabilities face finding and making friends. Approximately one […]
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The University of Maine has launched a searchable database of research inventions available for licensing, offering prospective partners a new way to browse and learn more about patented innovations that can help them in their new product development and business growth. The database lists more than 75 active UMaine technologies available for licensing and further […]
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The Institute of Medicine (IoM) at the University of Maine and VA Maine Healthcare System (VA Maine) have partnered to enhance health and medical research, education and clinical care across the state. The collaboration brings together world-class researchers, clinicians and educators, from one of the nation’s top research universities and one of the leading health […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance has recruited Jonathan Berry, artistic director of the Bangor-based Penobscot Theatre Company (PTC), to helm an upcoming production of the family drama “Wyoming.” The play, written by Brian Watkins, is scheduled to run from Feb. 27-March 2, with performances at 7:30 p.m. […]
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While New England is well known for commodities such as maple syrup, wild blueberries and cranberries, its reputation for sweets extends to another crop: sweet corn. The 2023-24 crop production report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed the region produced just under 3 million tons of corn, of which Vermont contributed approximately half and […]
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The University of Maine recognized 3,371 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2024 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,327 are from Maine, 991 are from 46 other states and 53 are from 17 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine’s status as one of the nation’s top research universities was reaffirmed Thursday with the release of the latest classifications of higher education research institutions in the U.S. The 2025 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education includes UMaine as one of just 187 Research-1 (R1) universities, the highest […]
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Rugby is a fast-growing international sport that has gained popularity in the U.S. in recent years, particularly at the high school and college levels. In the next decade, the U.S. is scheduled to host the 2031 men’s Rugby World Cup and the 2033 women’s Rugby World Cup, bringing the sport further into the mainstream. As […]
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