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Talk – Stepping up to the Plate: Innovations in Food Waste Reduction

Norman Smith Hall, Room 107, and Online University of Maine, Orono, ME

The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Masks are required for all Mitchell Center talks. Speaker: Angel Veza, Senior Manager of Capital, Innovation, and Engagement, ReFED Wasted food is a solvable challenge that […]

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Young Entrepreneurs- MedRhythms Edition

Foster Center for Innovation 123 Long Road, Orono, United States

This spring, put your hands together as not one but TWO alumni back as as part of our Young Entrepreneurs Series. Brian Harris and Owen McCarthy will be on campus to share their experience building MedRhythms, a software platform which leverages the power of music to redefine treatment for those with mobility needs. This exciting […]

Trapped Surface Formation in General Relativity

Jenness Hall Room 104 ME, United States

The next colloquium for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is set to take place on March 22, featuring Chris Stith from the University of Michigan. The talk is titled "Trapped Surface Formation in General Relativity".  Trapped surfaces are a central topic of study in mathematical general relativity. Penrose's incompleteness theorem (1965) ties the concept of a […]

From Smarter Planet To Wiser Earth: Re-Envisioning Relationships Between AI Technologies, Human Society And Natural World

Online

Gay Cox, Professor, College of the Atlantic How will Artificial Intelligence programs like ChatGPT transform the ways knowledge and belief are created and used to structure the economic, political, and technological systems that dominate our world? What are ways of making these systems empower and liberate people rather than exploit and oppress? How do we […]

Commercialization Training Series: Intellectual Property Boot Camp (online)

Online

Ever wonder if you could get a patent for your innovation? What about trademarks and copyrights? How do you determine the value of your intellectual property? IP can be a valuable asset, and its project helps to foster innovation and R&D by ensuring that inventors can reap the benefits of their work. During IP Bootcamp, […]

Event Series Silent Sky

Silent Sky

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. […]

Towards Developing a Multisensory Dining Ecosystem (EatCoSystem) to Stimulate Appetite and Motivate Older Adults to Eat Better (online)

Online

Speaker: Nimesha Ranasinghe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, University of Maine Location: Zoom Ranasinghe is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science and is affiliated with the Spatial Data Science Institute which is the successor to the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) at UMaine. He […]

SBE Seminar Series Spring 2023: Min Wu

Norman Smith Hall, Room 5710 ME, United States

Dr. Min Wu, Yale School of Medicine Mast cell is specialized in sensing and rapid responding to foreign antigen. Our lab discovered that many signaling, and actin cytoskeletal proteins formed […]

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