Research

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New UMaine initiative will leverage talent and innovation to help state’s startups and small businesses respond to lingering pandemic challenges

With $2.5 million in Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan funding, the University of Maine has expanded programming and services to help stabilize and support small businesses and startups dealing with ongoing pandemic challenges that are hindering their growth. The Solutions for Maine R&D and Innovation Hub, based out of UMaine’s Foster Center for Innovation and […]

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UMaine showcases research and creativity during Maine Impact Week

Maine Impact Week, which celebrates the University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond, will be held from April 10–16. Over 20 in person and virtual events will occur throughout the week, all of which highlight the impact of research and creative work […]

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Times Record column highlights UMaine food pilot plant

A Times Record column about gefilte fish and food waste reduction highlighted the University of Maine Dr. Matthew Highlands Pilot Plant, with a particular focus on its research to make food products from green crabs. “With the help of a deboning machine, they can separate the not-so-meaty crabs from their meat, resulting in a pile […]

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VEMI Lab debuts custom-built multi-person autonomous vehicle simulator 

The VEMI Lab at the University of Maine has launched its custom-built multi-person autonomous vehicle simulator, a unique platform for human-subject research in the automotive space. VEMI’s Multimodal Omnidirectional Immersive Simulator for Inclusive Navigation or MOISIN (pronounced “mo-sheen”) is unique as the first fully autonomous “people mover” or “robo-taxi” motion simulator, designed as a replacement […]

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Ellsworth American shares Berigan and Filiberti presentation with Downeast Audubon

The Ellsworth American noted that Liam Berigan and Emily Filiberti, graduate student researchers at the University of Maine studying bird migration using remote tracking technology, will present a talk titled “Migratory Marvels: Understanding Woodcock and Golden-winged Warbler Migration” with Downeast Audubon on April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Moore Community Center in Ellsworth.

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UMaine Student Symposium for Research and Creative Activity set for April 14

The 2023 Annual UMaine Student Symposium for Research and Creative Activity will be held on Friday, April 14, from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts. The event will showcase the research and creative work being done by University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias graduate and undergraduate students across […]

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Media report on $11.3 million UMaine grant from NIH

WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WVFX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported that the National Institutes of Health awarded the University of Maine with a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) award for $11.3 million to support biomedical research. The COBRE award will focus on research about the mechanisms that regulate cellular behavior in […]

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Fogler Library to host online Research Impact Challenge April 10–14

Fogler Library and Office of the Vice President for Research will host the online Research Impact Challenge from April 10–14. This online, asynchronous program is open to all, with particular relevance for faculty, staff and graduate students.  Each day for five days, participants will receive an email with tasks designed to build and curate scholarly […]

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