Maine media highlight new actuarial studies minor
News Center Maine and Spectrum News reported on the University of Maine approving a new minor in actuarial studies within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.The new minor creates a […]
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Sisters and UMaine alumna follow different paths to patient care
Growing up in the small farming town of Turner, Maine, sisters Abby Varney-Lewis and Hannah Albert were shaped by family, community and close-knit relationships. Their world changed when their brother […]
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UMaine Ph.D. researcher seeks better ways to detect glaucoma
Temitope Olayinka, a Ph.D candidate at the University of Maine, has uncovered new information about the nature of glaucoma that could one day allow eye doctors to more effectively detect […]
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UMaine awarded $5M NSF grant to lead statewide STEM Teacher Corps initiative
The research-informed four-year partnership led by the R1 flagship will support the state’s leading high school STEM teachers to coach hundreds of their peers and improve educational outcomes for thousands […]
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Robot simplifies lab work for UMaine students
Emma Perry, a lab manager at the University of Maine, spent countless hours of her career dying tissue samples by dipping them into 20-30 jars of liquid one careful step […]
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Study describes how K-12 teachers used UMaine-developed virtual environment to explore mathematical concepts
When Old Town High School Math Teacher Kristen Thompson uses TriO — a virtual reality environment developed by researchers at the University of Maine — she envisions a scenario that […]
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Josh Hamilton: Driven by loss, exploring new ways to treat and prevent cancer
Near the end of high school, Josh Hamilton of Alton, Maine lost a close friend to bone cancer, and early in his undergraduate years, he lost his stepfather to pancreatic […]
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Rustad to deliver Wilde Distinguished Lecture in Forest and Wildland Soils
Lindsey Rustad, a faculty associate with the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and a retired research ecologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, will present the […]
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Learn how to engage people with disabilities in STEM through upcoming virtual workshops
This fall, the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is launching a series of virtual workshops for researchers, educators and others seeking to broaden participation for individuals […]
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UMaine camp introduced students from across US to semiconductor chip design, production
Semiconductors run nearly everything in modern life, and the United States needs to expand its workforce in this critical field. Recognizing that, the University of Maine recently hosted high school […]
