Eric Landis, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the Berkeley Lab news release, “Back to the future with Roman architectural concrete.” A discovery to understanding the longevity and endurance of Roman architectural concrete was made by researchers using beams of X-rays at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) of […]
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The Maine Edge and The Weekly published a University of Maine report about three student members of the University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC) winning the LifeFlight of Maine Human Patient Simulator Challenge at the annual Midcoast Atlantic Partners EMS Seminar in Rockport. Melissa Dufault, Alana Silverman and Ryan Buckley competed against several medical response teams […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a food pantry run by MBS Corps, the Maine Business School’s community outreach organization. The honor system food nook goes by the motto, “Take what you need, give what you can,” and is stocked by UMaine students, faculty, staff and public organizations, according to the report.
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Foster’s Daily Democrat reported the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development (MCED) and University of Maine’s Target Technology Incubator have announced members of the Top Gun Maine 2015 Class. The Top Gun entrepreneurship acceleration program is part of the Blackstone Accelerates Growth initiative. Top Gun participants will attend biweekly classes at the University of Southern Maine, […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine student profile on junior Matthew Dexter. Over the summer of 2014, Dexter raised $7,300 for the Ulman Cancer Foundation while participating in 4K for Cancer, a 42-day cross-country run to raise money for and awareness of cancer. Since completing the 4,000-mile team relay run, Dexter has formed […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was one of five local organizations to be recognized by the Eastern Maine Development Corporation for its work serving the community’s economic needs. EMDC Champion Awards were presented during the EMDC annual Meeting of Corporations in Bangor. “UMaine Cooperative Extension has a longstanding partnership with EMDC. The expertise they […]
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The Senior Companion Program is celebrating 40 years of connecting volunteers age 55 and older with community service efforts. Created by the federal government, SCP began in 1974 in 18 communities nationwide. Maine was added in 1978 when then-President Jimmy Carter expanded the program. University of Maine Cooperative Extension became the program’s sponsor in 1981 […]
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Members of the University of Maine community are encouraged to enjoy time with their colleagues and participate in a food drive as part of this year’s employee holiday lunch, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., Dec. 17 in Wells Conference Center. During the lunch, members of the Classified Employees Advisory Council (CEAC) will be in the lobby collecting […]
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Mainebiz published an article on a Chinese economy course taught by James Breece, an economics professor at the University of Maine, who has traveled to China several times. Breece uses a format for the course called the “leveraged flip.” Students read assigned textbooks, write papers and view videos outside of class and interact with guest […]
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Tori Jackson, an associate professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article about two new USDA-inspected poultry processing plants in the state that could spur production and expand the market for Maine birds. “On a national scale probably nobody else would notice. But for us, it is […]
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