The first time Zach Robinson stepped foot on the University of Maine campus was for his graduation. In fact, it was the first time he had ever been to the state. Having flown from California to Boston, Robinson was awed by the lush greenery of Maine in May as he drove north from Massachusetts. Robinson […]
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A short film about the Waldo County Woodshed will be featured in the 27th annual Maine International Film Festival. The 7-minute documentary will debut Friday, July 19 at 4 p.m. with a second showing on Saturday, July 20 at 7 p.m., both at Waterville Opera House. Tickets are available online. The film follows the work […]
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Mainebiz highlighted a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation awarded to Paramount Planet Product, a company that makes disposable consumer goods out of paper. It was founded in 2017 by University of Maine alumna Ariadne Dimoula, who at the time was working with researchers from UMaine to create a new material called “plaaper,” […]
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Samantha Poll grew up in Winterport, the same tight-knit, central Maine town where she’s now a teacher. “I know the families, and I know how it feels to be sitting at one of those desks,” said Poll, an eighth grade science teacher at Samuel L. Wagner Middle School. “It’s very important to me to show […]
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Bernard Lown, who graduated from the University of Maine in 1942, was honored as the subject of a new portrait from the “Americans Who Tell the Truth” series by artist Robert Shetterly for his commitment to serving humanity. Maine Public, the Sun Journal and CounterPunch reported on the unveiling event at Bates Mill in Lewiston, […]
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University of Maine Honors College Dean Ellen Weinauer, was featured in a “Maine Calling” episode from Maine Public celebrating the achievements and life of UMaine alumnus Bernard Lown. The U.S. Mint released a $1 coin for the state of Maine in May in honor of Lown, who invented the direct current defibrillator and won a […]
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Investigating plastic pollution in a Norwegian glacier and teaching English in Taiwan are the plans of a University of Maine Ph.D. student and a recent graduate who both received awards from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Ligia Naveira, a Ph.D. student with UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, earned a Fulbright Open Study/Research Award; and Cora Saddler, […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted the research and achievements of Kendra Batchelder, co-founder/CEO of Waved Medical LLC and a University of Maine alumna. She and her company will be competing for $25,000 in the Top Gun Showcase Pitch Event during the Maine Entrepreneurs Summit after recently winning the Regional Top Gun Pitch. Batchelder applied her […]
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Starting in 2019, the U.S. Mint began issuing four specialty coins per year, one for each state, in celebration of U.S. innovation for the American Innovation $1 Coin program. By 2032, leaders of all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories will have chosen an innovator or innovation to represent their […]
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Brig. Gen. Diane Dunn, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, told University of Maine’s newest graduates to continue in an endless pursuit of knowledge, find passion in their work and live their lives in service of others. “I know the words — learn, […]
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