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 students from across the country for a camp in Portland focused on semiconductor design and production. The free five-day program at the Maine Center brought […]
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One of the main factors driving prices in pharmaceuticals, such as cholesterol-lowering drugs and antibiotics, is the cost of production and materials. Researchers at the University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) have discovered a sustainable method to produce the key ingredient in a broad range of pharmaceuticals, which could help address high prescription […]
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New digital ticketing system launches this fall for football, hockey and basketball University of Maine students will no longer have to line up hours before ticketed athletic events. Maine Athletics has introduced a digital ticketing system that allows students to reserve free tickets online instead of waiting outside in long lines. The new portal gives undergraduate and graduate students […]
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Jennifer Blossom (she/her/hers), assistant professor of psychology in clinical psychology at the University of Maine, received the 2025 Excellence in Rural Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to mental health care, research and advocacy in rural communities. As principal investigator of the Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Lab (C-CAP), […]
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In recognition of Constitution Day on Wednesday, Sept. 17, the University of Maine will host a lecture exploring the significance and impact of U.S. presidents at 3:30 p.m. in the Hill Auditorium, 165 Barrows Hall. In “Can One Person Save — or Break — a Republic?,” Nicholas F. Jacobs, associate professor of government at Colby […]
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The Associated Press interviewed Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine, on how the increasing usage of AI is impacting the environment and highlighted his new app on the environmental footprint of different digital tasks. Ippolito said tech companies are constantly working to make chips and data centers more efficient, but […]
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Homes & Gardens Magazine interviewed Rebecca Long, coordinator of horticulture programs at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, on how to eradicate horsetail from invading plants. One way people have tried to get rid of horsetail is by raising the pH of soil by adding lime. “If you raised the pH high enough to be totally […]
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News Center Maine, Spectrum News Maine, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) covered the arrival of 1,500 incoming first year students as they moved onto the University of Maine campus during Maine Hello on Friday, Aug. 29. “This is how they get to know how kind and caring we […]
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Jay Wason, associate professor of forest ecosystem physiology at the University of Maine, was sourced by the Bangor Daily News and Maine Public as an expert to speak toward how drought is affecting fall foliage in Maine. “All that means is that the trees have detected that ‘hey, conditions are not great for me any […]
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Mainebiz highlighted the University of Maine’s partnership with a local company out of Thomaston that raises scallops — Seascale, founded by Charles Walsh and Jon Steuber. Seascale’s core innovation, the Maine Scallop Pot, is a modular aquaculture system designed to be used around the established routines of working lobstermen, enabling fishermen to cultivate scallops without […]
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