University of Maine scientists are testing wood from some of the 3 billion trees the Civilian Conservation Corps planted during the Great Depression. Staff and students at the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center are evaluating strength values (including bending and tension) of about 1,200 pieces of lumber milled from Norway spruce that grew in […]
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University of Maine head football coach Jack Cosgrove has announced that he will transition from his college coaching role into a senior associate director of athletics position at his alma mater. A national search for a head football coach will begin immediately. Defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak will assume the role of interim head coach. “I […]
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During a laboratory dedication this morning at the University of Maine, the Harold Alfond Foundation announced a $3.9 million grant to the University of Maine to match $9.98 million already raised, formally establishing the Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Laboratory and Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus. “We are […]
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Four Native American artists who participate in the Hudson Museum’s Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market at the University of Maine also have baskets showcased in the Portland Museum of Art’s biennial “You Can’t Get There from Here.” Penobscot artists Theresa Secord and Sarah Sockbeson and Passamaquoddy artists Jeremy Frey and George Neptune have artwork in […]
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Editor’s note: This is not a complete list; additions may be made. In an effort to give back to the community, several University of Maine groups are leading charitable efforts throughout the holiday season. The Black Bear Exchange, UMaine’s food pantry and clothing exchange, will provide Thanksgiving meals to its clients who will be in […]
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Patrick Womac takes off his shoes and steps onto the huge map of Africa covering half the gym floor at Old Town’s Leonard Middle School. Womac, an assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction at the University of Maine, stands on Libya as he leads a group of seventh graders in discussion. “How many people […]
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The Scratchpad Accelerator, a pilot program of the University of Maine in collaboration with the Maine Technology Institute, has announced it will hold a Demo Day to showcase four of Maine’s prestigious startup companies. The event, the first of its kind north of Boston, will display cutting-edge developments underway at each company from 4–7 p.m. […]
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The University of Maine College of Engineering has received a boost to its Mechanical Engineering Technology program with a gift of $100,000 from Pratt & Whitney’s North Berwick facility. The contribution will go to the School of Engineering Technology program with a focus on training the next generation of mechanical engineers in Maine for careers […]
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Endangered shortnose sturgeon have rediscovered habitat in the Penobscot River that had been inaccessible to the species for more than 100 years prior to the removal of the Veazie Dam in 2013. University of Maine researchers confirmed evidence that three female shortnose sturgeon were in the area between Veazie and Orono in mid-October. Researchers had […]
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Andrew Galimberti, an entomology graduate student at the University of Maine, was part of a research team that discovered that bigger isn’t necessarily better for a fish during an extinction event. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and UMaine found that for at least 40 million years following the last massive extinction, small, fast-reproducing fish […]
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