You may not realize it, but Maine’s Public Universities have an impact on everyday real life things all around you – maybe even this Internet connection.
USM applied for and received a grant for foldable wire framed recycling bins for use during special events from Keep America Beautiful and the Coca Cola Foundation. In the past staff have had to haul large plastic bins around campus but with the new ClearStream bins the process is easier, quicker, and the bins take up less storage space.
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An offshore wind test turbine has been erected behind the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus to evaluate sensor systems and controls in preparation for the installation of a floating turbine in the Gulf of Maine this spring as part of the DeepCwind Consortium project.
Read More“For the first time in Maine, students can attain their Bachelor’s degree and become an FAA certified commercial pilot under one program,” says UMA Provost Joseph Szakas. “With an increasing demand for commercial airline pilots in this country and abroad, the timing is perfect to set this program in flight.”
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MACHIAS – University of Maine at Machias biochemistry professor Dr. Shallee Page has been awarded a $200,000, two-year grant from the National Institutes for Health (NIH) to study the DNA of fast-growth soft-shell clams and the relevance of fast-growing cells to human health.
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The University of Maine at Presque Isle has taken a bold, new step into the world of online learning with its UMPI OpenU project, an innovative effort to allow learners of all ages to participate in online college courses for free, as long as they aren’t seeking college credit.
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A team of scientists from nine nations, which included two University of Maine graduate students, has made a breakthrough in Antarctica — successfully drilling more than 760 meters through the ice to bedrock on an island in the Ross Sea.
Read MoreMore than a dozen farmers from across the St. John Valley convened at the University of Maine at Fort Kent recently to hear a presentation on the feasibility of growing biomass grasses, which can be manufactured into heating-producing pellets.
The meeting was sponsored by UMFK’s Center for Rural Sustainable Development (CRSD) and was conducted by the Center’s Director, John L. Martin, and by UMFK Assistant Professor of Business, Leo Trudel. The St. John Valley Soil and Water Conservation District assisted with outreach for the presentation.
Read MoreThe University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded the first phase of a potential $93.2 million deepwater offshore wind demonstration project by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The UMaine Composites Center-led team of industry leaders and national laboratories is one of five awardees selected from over 70 competing proposals.
Read MoreFARMINGTON — A University of Maine at Farmington faculty research group has received a grant of more than $89,000 to continue its study in the Rangeley Lakes Region.
The money comes from the National Science Foundation with assistance from the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
Read MoreORONO, Maine — In his tenure as the state’s top moose biologist, Lee Kantar has spent a lot of time doing “disease surveillance” on the state’s iconic land mammal.
But a recent University of Maine study of a contrastingly uncharismatic critter — the lowly lungworm — has begun to look at the worm’s role in moose mortality, and researchers have learned that even the subject of their study had been tentatively misidentified for years.
Read MoreCARIBOU, Maine — They came by bicycle, by roller-skis, by scooters, skateboards, strollers and on foot to roll or walk over the new Caribou Connector before it opened to motorized traffic Friday afternoon.
The Maine Department of Transportation teamed up Friday morning with the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department to celebrate the newly completed stretch of road connecting routes 161 and 1 just south of Caribou.
Read MoreORONO, Maine — Life abounds in the North Atlantic during the spring and summer in the form of microscopic plant plankton, and a University of Maine researcher is part of the group that recently figured out why.
The results of a study reported this month in the journal Science show that the spring phytoplankton bloom in the subpolar North Atlantic can start up to a month earlier than scientists previously thought thanks to the whirlpools, or eddies, on the ocean surface.
Read MoreGREAT WASS ISLAND, Maine — Though there is no shortage of lobsters in the Gulf of Maine, some scientists and lobster fishery officials have been trying to learn how to reproduce the crustaceans in captivity.
Read MoreYou’ve heard of people using laptops to download music, but Thursday, kids used them to make music.
1,000 students got together and put on a symphony at the University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts.
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ORONO, Maine — Numerous high and middle school students descended on the University of Maine campus Friday for the fourth annual Maine Wind Blade Challenge and the DeepCwind Consortium’s Windstorm Challenge.
Students set up a model offshore wind turbine in a pool as part of UMaine's Windstorm challenge 2012
MACHIAS, Maine – The University of Maine at Machias has received a $30,000 grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation to add a high-speed bindery to its professional Book Arts Studio. The studio is home to the UMM Press and serves as the printing facility for students in the English and Book Arts degree program.
Read MoreOrono, Maine, April 12, 2012 – With 10Green, a new, interactive web tool (10Green.org) you can get a comprehensive assessment of the health of your local environment with just a few keystrokes. Just enter your zip code or the name of your community and 10Green gives you the health of your location on a simple 0 to 10 scale. This is the first time such a consumer-friendly environmental health tool has been made available.
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FARMINGTON, ME (April 11, 2012)—Chris Brinegar, adjunct associate professor of biology at the University of Maine at Farmington, has been awarded a $14,266 grant by the Save the Redwoods League, a San Francisco-based conservation organization, to fund a genetics project on two plant species in the coast redwood forests.
Read MoreThe University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation is seeking motivated, innovative Maine college students and Maine companies who want to make a difference for Maine through a new internship program supported by the
Blackstone Charitable Foundation.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its $1.4 million renovation of Powell Hall; a project incorporating many energy-savings components into the 47-year-old former dormitory.
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