Innovation grant announcement news coverage

President Ferguson was one of several speakers, including all four members of Maine’s Congressional delegation, to speak at Friday’s Brunswick announcement of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s $3 million grant to start a Blackstone Accelerates Growth program in Maine.  The grant will fund several collaborative efforts, including the expansion of opportunities for students at UMaine and other Maine colleges and universities to access UMaine’s Innovation Engineering curriculum.  The announcement was detailed in Saturday’s Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News, along with coverage on WCSH, WMTW and WGME. More details are in a news release.