The Boston Globe, WSB-TV (Channel 2 in Atlanta), NECN, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), WMTW8 , Bangor Daily News, The Free Press, Washington Post, and Pickens County Courier of South Carolina and reported University of Maine researchers and students from the school’s High Altitude Ballooning group will travel to Clemson, South Carolina to launch […]
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Brewer engineering business Compotech Inc. was the focus of the Bangor Daily News feature, “Where the Bangor region’s future job growth will probably come from.” The article argues economic development in the Bangor area is likely to look like Compotech Inc., a business with 10 employees that got its start at the University of Maine. […]
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A University of Maine contingent will be in South Carolina on Aug. 21 to provide people around the world with a live view of the total eclipse from the edge of space. The engineering group is part of the NASA-sponsored project, “Great American Eclipse,” during which students from 55 teams nationwide will launch high-altitude balloons […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing Center was included in an Assembly Magazine article about L.L. Bean’s tote bag production. L.L. Bean officials interested in developing automation to increase bag production, improve product quality and lessen physical demands on employees met with representatives of the AMC and Lanco Integrated. Lanco designed and manufactured a machine […]
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A number of media outlets, including the Portland Press Herald, covered Jesse Orach and Rob Gomez’s dramatic finish at the TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K race Saturday. Orach, who had a stellar academic, track and cross-country career at the University of Maine and was highlighted in the inaugural Black Bear Nation athletics magazine, won […]
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Eastern Maine Community College and the University of Maine signed a Memorandum of Understanding Aug. 1, that confirms the commitment of both institutions to allow EMCC students in designated programs to easily transfer credits toward a UMaine bachelor’s degree. The MOU supports the creation of program agreements to streamline admission opportunities for academically qualified students […]
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Mainebiz and WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine and Eastern Maine Community College signed a memorandum of understanding that allows EMCC students in designated programs to easily transfer credits toward a bachelor’s degree at Maine’s flagship campus. The memorandum is intended to streamline admission opportunities for academically qualified students and graduates of EMCC, […]
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The University of Maine’s composite arch bridge technology was cited in a Mainebiz article about the winner of the Associated General Contractors of Maine’s Major Achievement in Construction Award. AGC Maine presented the award to Doug Hermann, president of the Richmond-based Wyman & Simpson Inc. Under Hermann’s leadership, the company has used built two bridges […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article on the steam-powered log hauler that the Maine Forest and Logging Museum at Leonard’s Mills in Bradley acquired in 1984. Herbert Crosby, a retired University of Maine engineering professor, said getting the Lombard log hauler running again took decades of work and thousands of volunteer hours. Crosby, his […]
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The University of Maine College of Engineering was mentioned in a Morning Sentinel article about a group of volunteers demonstrating how to build a restroom, or privy, for the Appalachian Trail. The Maine Appalachian Trail Club, an all-volunteer organization that manages nearly 300 miles of the trail in Maine, held a live demonstration at Colby […]
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