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Hampden bridge event celebrates UMaine’s groundbreaking research in sustainable, low-cost transportation solutions 

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins joined Maine Department of Transportation officials, University of Maine researchers, Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT) Bridges and industry partners at the Grist Mill Bridge in Hampden, Maine on May 21 to celebrate the groundbreaking research that is leading the country toward a sustainable, low-cost transportation system of the future. The 75-foot single-span […]

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Earn a UMM associate degree or certificate at Hutchinson Center

Through a new partnership, students from midcoast Maine can now earn associate degrees or certificates from the University of Maine at Machias at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.  Enrollment is now open for programs beginning fall 2021 and scholarships may be available. The Hutchinson Center will be hosting an online information session […]

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UMaine, UMF partner to build circular food system research team, address food waste

Researchers at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) have received a grant of $29,996 to facilitate development of a circular food system that promotes value-added processing of rural agricultural surplus and by-products to address food waste and food insecurity challenges.  The project is funded by the University of Maine […]

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UMaine EOC receives inaugural Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact

This spring, the University of Maine established the Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact, focused on recognizing an individual or group that goes above and beyond in performance excellence. Such positive impact is “deep, significant and lasting,” and is reflected campuswide and beyond in the quality of the student and employee experience. The inaugural recipient […]

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UMaine names Presidential Award recipients

This year’s University of Maine Presidential Awards recognize outstanding achievement in teaching in the Master of Social Work program, higher education research that supports the well-being of students, and impactful community engagement affecting Mainers of all ages and sectors from agriculture to schools. Judith Josiah-Martin, a lecturer in the School of Social Work, received the […]

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New UMaine special education leadership certificate available this fall 

The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development and UMaineOnline will begin offering a new graduate certificate in Special Education Leadership this fall. The Maine Department of Education lists Teacher of Students with Disabilities among the state’s teacher shortage areas. The new graduate certificate is designed to address an accompanying shortage of special […]

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NSRC backs UMaine researchers’ Northern Forest sustainability projects 

University of Maine researchers received financial awards from the Northern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) to conduct projects that tackle issues communities in the Northern Forest are facing.  The funding that will support UMaine research endeavors derives from an overall $1.6 million investment from the NSRC for 13 projects across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New […]

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Dagher testifies in Congressional hearing about bolstering transportation infrastructure resilience 

Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) and Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC), at the University of Maine, testified on May 13 during the Congressional hearing titled Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Resiliency, Part I: Protecting Our Nation’s Transportation Systems.  Dagher spoke before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban […]

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