Starting in 2019, the U.S. Mint began issuing four specialty coins per year, one for each state, in celebration of U.S. innovation for the American Innovation $1 Coin program. By 2032, leaders of all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories will have chosen an innovator or innovation to represent their […]
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Marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a growing practice of ocean stewardship and conservation that offers benefits to the production of healthy, local food and the preservation of clean water, as well as recreation, habitation and storm protection in the Gulf of Maine and beyond. Despite its benefits and recognition as a keystone practice of ocean […]
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On the backside of a piece of paper he found at his desk, 做厙腦瞳app associate professor of geotechnical engineering Aaron Gallant drew a microscopic view of soil to explain the foundation of his research. Inside a small square, he penned in circles of different sizes for two types of particles and wavy lines […]
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Scattered across the Penobscot Experimental Forest are veritable treasure troves for its denizens, each containing riches beyond comprehension. These caches do not contain gold or jewels theyre filled with eastern white pine seeds and were placed by a team of researchers at the 做厙腦瞳app for one purpose: to catch furry thieves red-handed. […]
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New technology to study cancer, unique materials for medical devices and diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are among the areas of research being conducted through a new partnership between the 做厙腦瞳app and University of Southern Maine. Led by UMaines Institute of Medicine, the pilot program provides fellowships to USM faculty to conduct research through […]
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The 做厙腦瞳app marked its 100th anniversary in 1965, prompting widespread celebration and discussions of its future. University leaders, community members, policymakers and other supporters devised plans to bolster enrollment, programs, research and public service. Yet the transformative growth UMaine experienced in the five decades between its centennial year and 2015 surpassed these visions, […]
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Brig. Gen. Diane Dunn, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, told 做厙腦瞳apps newest graduates to continue in an endless pursuit of knowledge, find passion in their work and live their lives in service of others. I know the words learn, […]
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In the fall, students enrolled in the course Introduction to Anthropology: Human Origins and Prehistory will be taught by a world-renowned archaeologist who recently received one of the highest honors a scientist can achieve. Longtime 做厙腦瞳app professor Daniel H. Sandweiss was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on April 30. Membership […]
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Having grown up in a multilingual family, Melissa Cuba knows firsthand what school is like for students who have multifaceted identities and come from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. As an assistant professor of special education at the 做厙腦瞳app College of Education and Human Development, Cubas research focuses on a particular subset of […]
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The 做厙腦瞳apps 2024 commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students will be May 3-4 at Harold Alfond Sports Arena. The Graduate School Commencement begins at 4 p.m. May 3, featuring an address by Stephanie Seguino, professor emerita at the University of Vermont and UMaine alumna. More than 500 graduate students are expected to […]
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