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Catherine Fabel

Animal and veterinary sciences seniors: Capstone stories

In the University of Maine animal and veterinary sciences capstone course AVS 401, students have the opportunity to combine their knowledge and skills with ongoing research of UMaine faculty. Some work in the laboratory or field, some assimilate decades of research literature into a review, and some fashion research into industry best practices or evidence-based […]

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Chaofan Chen

UMaine computer scientist researches interpretable machine learning, develops AI to explain its discoveries

Artificial intelligence helps scientists make discoveries, but not everyone can understand how it reaches its conclusions. One UMaine computer scientist is developing deep neural networks that explain their findings in ways users can comprehend, applying his work to biology, medicine and other fields.  Interpretable machine learning, or AI that creates explanations for the findings it […]

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Online music lesson

UMaine students provide music mentorship for middle schoolers

COVID-19 restrictions in Maine’s K–12 schools have transformed the way that teaching looks — particularly for the state’s many music programs. With students unable to play their instruments together in-person, music educators have had to get creative to teach their students technique from home.  That’s why Philip Edelman, assistant professor of music education at the […]

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Dan and Betty Churchill

Dan ’63 and Betty Churchill announce $6.5 million bequest to UMaine

At a recent University of Maine Foundation virtual Homecoming event, University of Maine benefactors Dan ’63 and Betty Churchill shared their intentions to make estate gifts estimated at up to $6.5 million to benefit the University of Maine. Their gifts will endow two $1.5 million School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) professorships, one Climate […]

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Virtual math

UMaine study analyzes how virtual and augmented reality can be used to teach mathematics concepts

New research from the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s School of Learning and Teaching shows how emerging technologies such as virtual and augmented reality are creating novel ways of exploring mathematical ideas.  The study, published in Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, was conducted by Justin Dimmel, assistant professor of mathematics education […]

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New NASA project at UMaine will use lasers from space to map carbon in forests 

Researchers from the Wheatland Geospatial Laboratory (WGL) in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF) have been selected to join NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Science Team. The three-year research project was awarded $500,000 to map carbon stocks and changes across a large and […]

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UMaine economist co-authors report guiding U.S. toward carbon-neutral economy 

The director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center co-authored a strategic plan to guide the U.S. toward a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 as a member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN USA).  University of Maine economist Jonathan Rubin and other members of SDSN USA, which was launched to implement the United Nations’ sustainable […]

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Joan Ferrini-Mundy

President Ferrini-Mundy to receive 2020 Seaman A. Knapp Award, present memorial lecture

University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will deliver the Seaman A. Knapp Memorial Lecture in a virtual webinar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).  The Oct. 28 event from 3–5:30 p.m. begins with the Community of Scholars Celebrating […]

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