Maine Impact Week, an annual showcase of the research, creativity and public service from the University of Maine community, returns with free virtual events throughout the week of April 12. The series of online programs, to be viewed daily from April 12–16 on the Maine Impact Week website, allow the public to learn about various […]
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When Madeleine (Madi) Landrum hiked the Appalachian and Pacific Crest trails in 2018, she saw thousands of acres of trees devastated by drought-induced wildfires and invasive pests. “Seeing how damaged the forests were in these gorgeous natural places, I felt that I needed to do something,” says the University of Maine ecology and environmental sciences […]
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The University of Maine team that won the state’s Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge title in February will advance to the national competition April 15 as sub-regional champions competing with Canisius College and the University of Pittsburgh in the Eastern U.S. division. The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition that offers students […]
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When the Maine Business School needed an in-depth, 3D virtual tour of the D.P. Corbett (DPC) Business Building, Xander Karris answered the call. The MaineMBA student and his company, Hestia Media LLC, created a first-person tour that brings people inside the complex and gives them a sense of place. He formed an LLC for the […]
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U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of top graduate schools once again lists the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development as one of the best education schools in the country. UMaine, with the only graduate education program in the state to make the list, ranked 136. The UMaine College […]
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Faye Gilbert, executive dean of the Maine Business School and interim dean of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Maine, and Jason Harkins, associate dean of the Maine Business School, about the webinar, “Succession Planning as an Entrepreneurial Exit.” Gilbert and Harkins will lead the webinar, which […]
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Maine Public, News Center Maine, Centralmaine.com, Mainebiz, the Sun Journal, The Ellsworth American and the Portland Press Herald reported that the University of Maine Graduate & Professional Center received a private donation of $1 million to support interdisciplinary and market-driven graduate and professional education, and has partnered with the University of Maine System in support of a $1 million U.S. Department […]
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Marin Skincare is a Maine story. It started in 2013 when co-founders Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding met on the first day of their first year as biomedical engineering undergraduate students at the University of Maine. Nearly eight years later, the pair has relocated to Portland, launched a specialty skincare product made with lobster glycoprotein, […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured an op-ed highlighting the benefits of university-community partnerships, particularly during a pandemic. The column, which was co-authored by Linda Silka, a University of Maine professor emerita of economics and senior fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, and Michelle de Leon, a graduate student in ecology […]
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Four faculty-led innovation teams have been selected to participate in the fourth cohort of the University of Maine’s Maine Innovation Research and Technology Accelerator program (MIRTA). MIRTA assists UMaine researchers in advancing public and commercial application of their discoveries. The teams dedicate 20 hours a week for 16 weeks to market research, intellectual property analysis […]
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