A Bangor Daily News article about a new Project>Login initiative designed to attract more students in Maine to information technology programs at the University of Maine and other colleges and universities in the state included comments from University of Maine President Paul Ferguson, Harlan Onsrud, a UMaine professor of computer science and information technology, and […]
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The San Francisco Chronicle was among news organizations to publish an Associated Press article about dozens of UMaine students leaving over spring break March 4–15 to do volunteer work in Central America and across the United States, helping in schools, health clinics and orphanages, and buildings homes and a sanitation system. Channel 5 (WABI) and […]
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UMaine students interested in IT internships and jobs after graduation are invited to a Project>Login networking reception from 5–7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25, in Room 3, Wells Conference Center. The reception is an opportunity for students majoring in computer science and computer engineering to meet IT professionals and leaders of some of the Maine companies […]
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Many UMaine students spending spring break far afield in outreach efforts.
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Channel 5 (WABI) reported on the annual Junior Achievement Titan Challenge business and marketing competition for Bangor-region high school students, which was held Feb. 13 at the University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation.
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University of Maine Professor of Mechanical Engineering Mick Peterson, who also is a cooperating professor of animal and veterinary sciences and co-founder of the Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory in Orono, is listed by BloodHorse.com Thoroughbred horse-racing magazine as being among 12 influential people improving the Thoroughbred racing industry, but not often recognized for their contributions. […]
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Comments from Habib Dagher, director of the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, were included in a news report on the Co.EXIST innovative energy, education, food and health website about the feasibility of harnessing some of the untapped energy potential in offshore wind. UMaine is collaborating with Norway’s Statoil North America corporation and with a […]
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A Bangor Daily News feature story about the University of Maine Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory in Boardman Hall included comments from Nicholas Giudice, a UMaine School of Computing Information Sciences assistant professor in spatial information science and engineering, and Richard Corey, VEMI laboratory manager, who discussed a head-mounted device that can simulate […]
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Several news organizations, including Channel 7 (WVII) and Channel 5 (WABI) reported on a visit to the University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing Center and UMaine’s Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Lab Feb. 6 by members of the Maine Legislature’s new Workforce and Economic Future Committee. Maine Public Broadcasting Network carried an Associated Press report on […]
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) and its affiliate Channel 6 (WCSH) reported on the 5th annual Maine VEX Robotics Championship held Feb. 2 at Cape Elizabeth Middle School for middle and high school students. Organized by the University of Maine Black Bears Robotics Club, the annual event introduces students to real-world engineering and encourages them to apply […]
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