The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk about the internship program it launched this summer to train students to address challenges related to sustainability, conservation, climate change, public health and other complex societal issues. The talk will be held at 3 p.m. […]
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UMaine center to host talk on seal conservation
The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans to host a talk about the unanticipated consequences of successful seal conservation in the Gulf of Maine at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26. In this talk, “Out of Our Depth: Interdisciplinary science for marine mammal conservation,” Kristina Cammen, an assistant […]
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UMaine System chancellor credited with improving communication, increasing transparency
On thin ice after a series of no-confidence votes last spring and a botched presidential search, Dannel Malloy has made efforts to grow relationships with faculty and staff.
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UMaine prof making website to tell Holocaust victims’ stories through places
Anne Knowles believes that places provide important information about historical events. The University of Maine professor and graduate coordinator in the History Department has made an academic career studying the relationship between geographical circumstances and major societal shifts, exploring topics from Welsh emigration to the United States to why American entrepreneurs struggled to match the […]
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UMaine Orono museum exhibit features 3D-printed replica of 19th-century helmet
The exhibit will be at the museum through early November.
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UMaine at Augusta prepping a new generation of students for the airline industry
The purchase of the new plane will allow UMA’s program to fly out of the Brunswick Executive Airport where before, it only flew out of the Augusta State Airport.
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University of Maine recognizes local dean’s list students
ORONO — The University of Maine has announced its 2022 spring semester dean’s list. The following local students are listed by county/town: ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY Auburn: Samuel Braga, Will Cassidy, Lydia Celani, Autumn Chapman, Crispin Crispin, Abigail Fisher, Spencer Frahn, Demetri Gammaitoni, Caroline Hammond, Storm Jipson, Kayden Kirouac, Annabelle Pendleton, Samantha Poirier, Joshua Power, Faith Marie […]
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UMaine researchers deploy new tool to build affordable housing: giant 3D printer
The university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center hopes to create a prototype house using abundant supplies of wood fiber.
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UMaine System trustees confirm two-week extension to chancellor’s contract
Two weeks after the short-term extension was announced to state lawmakers, the University of Maine System board of trustees votes to extend Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy’s contract to July 11.
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UMaine chancellor will have at least 11 more days on the job
The University of Maine System Board of Trustees executive committee voted Wednesday to extend Chancellor Dannel Malloy’s three-year contract until July 11, when the board is anticipated to decide whether to keep him on board.