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Study unravels the impact of rockweed harvest at the bed-scale

A study led by the University of Maine captured how entire rockweed beds recover from harvest, and the practice has a smaller impact than previously thought. Rockweed wields immense influence over its intertidal habitat. Its tangled branches form the backbone of a rich ecosystem that shelters and feeds an abundance of marine life. Everywhere rockweed […]

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Lopez-Anido named 2023 Distinguished Maine Professor

An internationally recognized University of Maine civil engineering researcher known for his excellence in teaching and innovation in the use of composite materials for infrastructure applications has been named the 2023 Distinguished Maine Professor, the university’s most prestigious faculty award. Roberto Lopez-Anido, the Malcolm G. Long ’32 Professor of Civil Engineering, will be honored at […]

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UMaine supports teaching of Wabanaki Studies in K–12 schools 

Last fall, Grace Bermeo was in her last semester as an elementary education major at the University of Maine, doing her student teaching at Portland’s East End Community School. The school was piloting Portland Public Schools’ Wabanaki Studies curriculum, which weaves lessons about the history, culture, language and more of Maine’s original inhabitants — the […]

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Yu receives NSF Early CAREER award for solid-solid phase transition research

Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 23, 2023. Liping Yu, assistant professor of physics and an associate member of the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST) at the University of Maine, has earned an Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the foundation’s most prestigious recognition of early-career faculty with potential […]

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UMaine study highlights importance of everyday interactions in environmental research

Scientific research can often feel prescriptive, sterile and disconnected from the communities where it happens — but it doesn’t have to be. Using two case studies of watershed restoration and environmental monitoring projects in Maine, a new paper from the University of Maine illustrates how scientists can successfully use “embodiment,” or the nuanced practices and […]

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UMaine’s MIRTA accelerator program selects five teams for 2023 cohort

Five faculty-led innovation teams have been selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the University of Maine’s MIRTA accelerator program. The 2023 projects will develop research innovations in photovoltaic and color changing fabric; utilizing a new technology in catheterization to reduce infection in long-term patients; developing custom-made medical ports for stuffed animals so children […]

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UMaine Native American Programs launches website for Penobscot signs

The University of Maine Native American Programs, in partnership with the Penobscot Nation, has launched a website to accompany bilingual English and Penobscot signage on campus. The new website includes audio recordings of the Penobscot language translations by language master Gabe Paul, a Penobscot pronunciation guide, and maps of the signs across campus. “The use […]

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