WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor), WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and Maine Public covered the unveiling event at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center for the world’s largest 3D printer. The U.S. Sun, Tech Times, Interesting Engineering and the Associated Press also covered the unveiling. AP posted both a video and news article that highlighted the technological advancement.  With a printer that was previously the world’s largest, the ASCC created a biobased home. The new printer, which is four times larger and dubbed the Factory of the Future 1.0, can more quickly manufa ..read more

The New York Times interviewed Joshua Stoll, a University of Maine associate professor of marine policy, for a story on the challenge of keeping freshly caught seafood in local markets. Stoll discussed how the U.S. exports much of its seafood, a business worth approximately $5 billion in 2023. Supply chains for local markets have been neglected, but organizations like the one Stoll founded — the Local Catch Network — are working to rebuild them by providing a platform to search for local sources of seafood. The Kansas City Star, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Miami Herald and other news outlets sha ..read more

WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (Fox 22 in Bangor) highlighted the Maine Meal Packout event, held on Tuesday at the University of Maine Memorial Gym. Organized by the Honors College, hundreds of students and others volunteered to pack more than 56,800 meals that will be donated to food banks and pantries around the state.  ..read more

William Livingston, associate professor in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, provided CentralMaine.com with insight into why places in Maine have a lot of fallen pine cones on the ground. Livingston discussed several contributing factors that have led to an unusually large amount of pine cones this year in Maine, such as the white pine’s three-five year production cycle and strong wind gusts. He said people can expect to see less next fall, and the abundance will feed insects and animals, as well as contribute to the growth of new pine trees. The Sun Journal shared the report ..read more

University of Maine student Aedan Bryant showed off his Rubik’s Cube solving skills on WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) ahead of a Rubik’s Cube tournament in Skowhegan. Bryant participates in competitions around the U.S., ranks first in Maine for solving the puzzle in the fewest number of moves and has rankings in 10 other state categories ..read more

Bangor Daily News featured Tori Jackson, a program administrator for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in an article that overviewed tips for mapping land to best know how to utilize it. Jackson recommended estimating the cost of materials by using spreadsheets like graph paper to sketch individual projects to scale.  ..read more

Around 300 students and other volunteers at the University of Maine assembled 56,800 meals for people in need during Maine Day Meal Packout on Tuesday, April 23 in the Memorial Gym.  Maine Day Meal Packout is organized by Honors College staff and the Honors College Student Activities Board. Honors College students have been packing meals for people in need for more than a decade, and have donated an overall 675,000. Maine Day Meal Packout partnered with the New England branch of The Outreach Program to purchase the meals. Honors College students raised over $18,000 to purchase meals this ..read more

Surpassing its own 2019 Guinness World Record for the largest polymer 3D printer, UMaine unveiled a next-generation printer that is four times larger than its predecessor to catalyze the future of sustainable manufacturing in a number of industries.  The new printer, dubbed Factory of the Future 1.0 (FoF 1.0), was unveiled on April 23 at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) to an audience that included representatives from the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, the Maine State Housing Authority, industry partners and other stakeholders who plan to util ..read more

“Climate change is occurring faster in the Arctic than anyplace on Earth,” said University of Maine associate professor of glaciology Seth Campbell. “And with that, there opens a whole range of concerns.” Campbell is the lead scientist on a new $260,000 research partnership between UMaine and the Department of the Air Force (DAF) to improve the nation’s ability to monitor Arctic regions. Reduction of ice in the Arctic Ocean raises questions about accessibility to the once-frozen waters.  The U.S. is one of eight countries that govern territory in the Arctic. As more resources become avai ..read more

University of Maine professor of clinical nutrition Dorothy Klimis-Zacas received the 2024 American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Industry Recognition award, which honors significant contributions to the field of nutrition science.   Klimis-Zacas has focused her research on the health benefits of wild blueberries and their bioactive compounds, specifically on cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. Her wide range of work paved the way for clinical studies and provided additional evidence on how wild blueberries protect blood vessels, with implications for atherosclerosis and car ..read more