Maine College of Engineering and Computing Dean Giovanna Guidoboni was officially inaugurated as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). Guidoboni, elected to the academy in 2022, marked her formal recognition at the inauguration ceremony held in Salzburg, Austria on March 8. “As a member of the mathematics community, I deeply […]
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Editor’s note: This was story was updated May 9. The University of Maine will issue an unprecedented number of graduate degrees this May. A total of 779 master’s and doctoral students will receive their degrees, a high point in the flagship’s 160-year history. Degree earners in this historic class include 100 doctoral and 679 master’s […]
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The University of Maine will confer an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to George H. Denton, a multi-generational leader in glacial research and climate science education, during its morning undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 11. “No one is more deserving of this year’s honorary doctorate than our very own George Denton. He has been a […]
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Grist interviewed Aaron Weiskittel, director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests and professor of forest biometrics and modeling at the University of Maine on the dangers of wildfires and how to prevent them.
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Country Living spoke to Jonathan Foster, home horticulture outreach professional at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, on environmental factors that affect floral growth in the spring months.
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The Los Angeles Times interviewed historian and lecturer at UMaine, An Nguyen, on what the day of Vietnam’s liberation, April 30, should be called.
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The Maine Monitor interviewed University of Maine forestry professors Robert Seymour and Jessica Leahy on sustainable forestry. This was also reported on by News Center Maine and the Portland Press Herald.
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House Digest referenced a bulletin from University of Maine Cooperative Extension on how honey bees pollinate lowbush blueberries, also known as wild blueberries.
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Students in the University of Maine’s spring 2025 “Intro to Public History” course will lead two UMaine History Trail walking tours on the last day of classes, Friday, May 2. The tours will last about 45 minutes and begin at 11 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. in the lobby of Fogler Library that faces the Mall. […]
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Ten undergraduates have been named 2025 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Read their short biographies: Siddhartha Bajracharya Maine College of Engineering and ComputingBachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Siddhartha Bajracharya of Kathmandu, Nepal, is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the Maine College of Engineering and Computing. A computer engineering major, Bajracharya […]
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