The IMRC Center is bringing back the Influential Art-Based Film Series after a successful debut during the Spring 2023 semester. This time, Graduate Assistants James LeBlanc and Samantha Grimwood, along with Research Engineer Sean Taylor, have curated a new list of can’t-miss, iconic films, free to view for anyone from UMaine and our surrounding communities. […]
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MERITS, a program of the Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) supported by NASA and the National Science Foundation, brings high school juniors from all over Maine the opportunity to complete a six-week paid summer internship to study a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) topic in a hands-on applied setting. Yarmouth High School student Colby […]
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Mechanical Engineering Student Drew Browning carefully observes as a custom 3D printer creates a sample project in the acoustically controlled environment of the Audio Recording and Production Lab at the IMRC Center. As the motors and extruders whir and chirp to life, small measurement microphones capture the sounds of the device for later analysis using […]
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The Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center was proud to host an open house this past April as part of Maine Impact Week. The center’s many laboratories, adaptive workspaces, and presentation environments were open to the general public for this free event. Staff were on-site and available to discuss all things innovation and creativity, assist […]
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As part of Maine Impact Week, the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center was proud to host the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center 10th Anniversary Celebration and fellows exhibition! The event and exhibition were held in the IMRC Center’s Fernald Adaptive Presentation and Performance Environment and featured artworks by McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellows […]
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The Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center launches a Student BLOG to highlight undergraduate and graduate voices in the Arts, Humanities, and STEM fields. Click here for the link to the BLOG and stop back often for peer-ready how-to guides, upcoming student-run events, and public-facing artworks, research, and project exhibitions!
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IMRC Center prototyping and staff were recently featured in a Bangor Daily News article. In the article, which can be found here, Lori Valigra reports on “Maine’s efforts to increase the state’s role in the burgeoning space industry for low-orbit nanosatellites known as CubeSats that can be used for research by universities, state agencies, and […]
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The IMRC Center hosted a conference for the Art & Humanities in Medicine Program, a certificate program under Intermedia Graduate Studies, on January 28th. The conference was held in close collaboration with the University of Maine Institute of Medicine and the Native American Studies Progam. Topics discussed included how the arts and sciences can ask […]
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Lasers in the Electronics Lab of the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center at the University of Maine help link poetry by Beatrix Gates of Brooksville, Maine, with etchings by intaglio printmaker Tim Seabrook and painter Leslie Cummins of Blue Hill, Maine. These etchings are featured in the new documentary film “Close Apart” commissioned from […]
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The New Writing Series brings contemporary literature to life on the University of Maine’s flagship campus on selected Thursdays at 4:30pm. All events are held in the Allen and Sally Fernald Adaptive Presentation and Performance Environment in 104 Stewart Commons and are free & open to the public. Please mark your calendars, tell your friends, […]
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