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UMaine-led research team designing new, high entropy materials for optoelectronics

A University of Maine-led research team, in collaboration with the University of Alabama, will design a new class of materials capable of improving solar cells, lasers and other optoelectronic devices that convert light into energy with a $525,000 collaborative research award from the National Science Foundation. Liping Yu, an assistant professor of physics at the […]

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USM, UMaine receive $500K for economic development partnership

The Economic Development Administration has awarded the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine $509,000 over five years to fund the University Center for Economic Development, a collaboration of experts from the University of Maine System that will provide technical assistance and research for the implementation of the state’s 10-year economic development strategy.  […]

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Everest expedition with 6 CCI scientists sets 3 world records

The 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition that six Climate Change Institute explorers participated in has set three Guinness World Records. The three records, featured in the latest edition of the Guinness World Records book, are: Highest altitude ice core taken: 8,020 meters (26,312 feet), extracted from the South Col glacier. The […]

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UMaine launches the Forest Economy, Sustainability and Technology (FOREST) initiative

The University of Maine has established the Forest Economy, Sustainability and Technology (FOREST) initiative, a universitywide multi-disciplinary effort to bring together university, industry, government, and community collaborators for the advancement of forest-based economy in Maine.  Comprised of representatives from more than two dozen departments, colleges and organized research units within the UMaine, FOREST is working […]

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Daigneault testifies in hybrid Congressional hearing on sustainable forestry and climate solutions

Adam Daigneault, University of Maine E.L. Giddings Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Economics, testified Sept. 29 before a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Development, chaired by Maine Rep. Jared Golden.  A copy of Daigneault’s written testimony and more about the hybrid Hearing on Sustainable Forestry […]

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NSF awards supplemental funding for INSPIRES project

The National Science Foundation awarded nearly $600,000 in supplemental funding to extend and expand a University of Maine-led effort to build a digital framework that can better assess and predict complex changes in forests. The project, Leveraging Intelligent Informatics and Smart Data for Improved Understanding of Northern Forest Ecosystem Resilience (INSPIRES), involves researchers and students […]

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Larsons lauded for decades of service, giving to UMaine Machias

For 28 years, from 1977 to 2005, Richard and Elsie Larson shared their business expertise with hundreds of students at the University of Maine at Machias. Their sharing extended far beyond the classroom. During that time — and in the 16 years since the associate professors of business administration retired — they’ve donated substantial amounts […]

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Gårder edits ‘International Encyclopedia of Transportation’ volume

Internationally recognized traffic roundabout expert Per Erik Gårder, a University of Maine professor of civil and environmental engineering, has edited “Transportation Safety and Security,” one of seven volumes in the 2021 edition of the International Encyclopedia of Transportation published by Elsevier. The encyclopedia, which includes more than 600 articles, incorporates diverse views on nine themes […]

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Increasingly crowded U.S. forests

A new study of the United States tree size-density trends in the past two decades, indicators of potential shifts in forest dynamics, health and productivity, has produced a novel, nationally consistent baseline assessment of current forest relative density. The baseline assessment could assist scientists, managers and policymakers in decision making related to future forest carbon […]

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