Day: October 29, 2024

A photo of a group with shovels during a groundbreaking

Construction begins for the first-of-its kind, cutting-edge sustainable manufacturing research facility at UMaine

The University of Maine broke ground today on the Green Engineering and Materials (GEM) building, a 50,000-square-foot facility designed to house the cutting-edge Factory of the Future (FoF) incorporating digital manufacturing technologies and fully adaptive, immersive learning spaces for students at UMaine and across the University of Maine System.  Scheduled for completion in 2026, GEM […]

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Photo of two people standing in front of a house.

UMaine students’ affordable housing pitch places second in competition

A team of University of Maine students, one graduate and one undergraduate, placed second in the 2024 Hack-A-House: A Housing Affordability Hackathon organized by Ivory Innovations, a nonprofit operating as an applied academic institution at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business.  Students across the country pitched new ideas for housing solutions to […]

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