The University of Maine’s Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program is all about real-world problem solving. When athlete and activist Enock Glidden came to the MET capstone with a unique challenge — to adapt his wheelchair for shooting competitions — students met the task with skill, creativity and an open-mindedness that resulted in a useful finished […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H was recently awarded $6.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to nurture future leaders of northern New England’s food system. The new program, called “Oh Yea! 4-H Grows True Leaders,” will provide experiential learning, practical knowledge and life skill development to hundreds […]
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In-depth statistical and demographic information about Maine farms and others across the nation that offer agritourism-related activities, direct-to-consumer sales or both are available in a new set of fact sheets co-authored by a University of Maine researcher. Led by Claudia Schmidt, assistant professor of marketing and local/regional food systems at Penn State, a team of […]
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A team of University of Maine students will be featured in the upcoming season eight finale of Greenlight Maine College Edition, a show in which participants pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges for a chance to win funding, at 8:30 p.m. July 6 on Maine Public television. In the episode, Alex Mehre, […]
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The University of Maine established a new partnership with Sue Hunter to advance research on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, on her farm in Unity, Maine. The agreement provides faculty and staff within UMaine’s Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station access to Hunter’s property to advance replicated, experimental research focused on how PFAS moves […]
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Before Sally Stead graduated from the University of Maine this spring, she had one more class to take: The long-running travel-study course CHF 404: Human Sexuality in Europe, taught by professor of family relations and human sexuality Sandra Caron. The three-week May Session course takes students to London, Amsterdam and Stockholm to see first-hand how […]
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Summer is the best time to catch up on reading for fun. University of Maine’s English professors always take advantage of this season to immerse themselves in literature that they aren’t teaching in class — and they are experts on what’s great to read during the long, warm days of summer. If you are looking […]
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Determining how climate change will affect spruce forests along Maine’s coastline and inspiring new ways to conserve them is the goal of a new study by University of Maine faculty and students. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $643,848 for the project, led by Jay Wason III, […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded $650,000 to a University of Maine project investigating the impacts of climate change on wild blueberry ecosystems and economics. Wild blueberry fields provide important crops for the state of Maine. They also support ecosystems by providing water regulation, nutrient cycling, […]
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University of Maine students provided free hearing screenings for athletes who participated in the Special Olympics Maine 2023 State Summer Games on June 10. Through multiple tests, the screenings — administered in Dunn Hall — determined whether athletes were experiencing hearing loss. Every year, the clinic benefits hundreds of competitors with intellectual disabilities at the […]
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