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USM students build low-cost prosthetic arm prototypes
USM students build low-cost prosthetic arm prototypes
USM contributes to CDC understanding of COVID-19 spread
Faculty and staff from the University of Southern Maine contributed to a new analysis and narrative being used by the U.S. Centers of Disease Control to better understand the spread of COVID-19.
USM Voices: Engaging Maine high schoolers in Cube Satellite development
CubeSats are small research satellites that are made up of multiples of 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm, that have ushered in a new era of space research, allowing high-schools and universities to participate in this one very niche field. The workshop had prestigious speakers that included an award-winning educator, engineers work at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a commercial CubeSat kit company and USM faculty.
In memory of Dr. Andrew L. Anderson
Honoring a great man, Dr. Andrew L. Anderson
Harold Alfond Foundation makes historic commitment of $240 million to UMS
The Harold Alfond Foundation has made an historic commitment of $240 million to the University of Maine System, the eighth-largest gift ever made to a U.S institution of higher education and the largest ever to a public institution of higher education in New England.
TRIO doubles federal funding with new grant to help STEM students
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded more than $2.6 million to USM’s TRIO program to augment its work with students who have a low income, a disability or are the first in their families to attend college. The just-announced funding — arriving in two, five-year grants — expands TRIO advising to target students pursuing fields in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The new funding, $1.3 million, allows TRIO to advise 120 STEM students.
CubeSat@USM Workshop Series
CubeSat Research and STEM Initiative@USM
USM Engineering Students Build Low-Cost Prosthetic Arm Prototypes
The pandemic may have required a shift to remote learning over the summer, but that didn’t stop a group of USM engineering students from solving an urgent, real-world problem: how to make a fully functional, prosthetic arm that can operate in hot and humid climates — all for under $110 per unit.
Pinning Ceremony for USM Nursing Students
Pinning Ceremony for USM Nursing Students
IDEXX Laboratories founder David Shaw and USM President Glenn Cummings co-host “Maine Tech Economy at the Bicentennial” webinar
The importance of technology in the future of the Maine economy is the subject of a new webinar co-hosted by IDEXX Laboratories founder David Shaw and USM President Glenn Cummings. It is titled “Maine Tech Economy at the Bicentennial.” It is free and available online.