Jeff Mills, president of the University of Maine Foundation, spoke with WVII about the annual Maine Day of Giving. This year Maine Day of Giving donations to the Foundation will be designated for scholarships and the Student Life Emergency Fund.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Angela Fileccia, director of Healthy Life Resources, has received the University of Maine School of Social Work Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award for 2021. According to Sandra Butler, director UMaine’s School of Social Work, social workers have played a critical role during the pandemic. “Healthcare organizations, schools, and […]
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News Center Maine reported that Orono Brewing Company (OBC) developed a special graduation ale with University of Maine colors in the “Congrats Class of 2021” logo. Abe Furth, the owner of OBC and a UMaine graduate, worked with his staff and UMaine students to develop the can design. WABI (Channel 5) also reported on the […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced a webinar titled “Fighting Time: A talk with Isaac Knapper and Amy Banks” at 6 p.m. April 12. This discussion will explore the 1979 murder of University of Maine professor Ronald Banks in New Orleans. Banks’ daughter, Amy, and Knapper, the man wrongly imprisoned for 13 years for the crime, […]
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The University of Maine Alumni Association and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS) program will honor three distinguished Maine women with Maryann Hartman Awards at a 5 p.m. ceremony on March 25. The virtual event will celebrate 2020 recipients Sharon Barker, retired director of the University of Maine’s Women’s Resource Center, Penobscot Nation Ambassador […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported that Marin Skincare, a small business established by University of Maine graduates Patrick Breeding and Amber Boutiette, has received a grant of $14,000 from the Buoy Maine pitch competition. Buoy Maine, a program sponsored by Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine, seeks to foster innovation and entrepreneurship to support […]
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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 University of Maine Alumni Association and the UMaine Department of Political Science will co-host a virtual roundtable discussion with political scientists and policy experts exploring the makings of effective governing at 3:30 p.m. March 15. The event, “What Makes for Good Governance?” honors political science professor Jim Warhola, who retired in 2020 after […]
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Colby Johns, a University of Maine alumna who has been working as a UMaine scientific diving assistant since 2017, has successfully completed the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) instructor certification. UMaine’s Scientific Diving program provides support and training to scientists and students in using diving as a research tool. It is based in Walpole […]
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Elisabeth Maxwell, a University of Maine alumna, a research associate at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center and an assistant in the Scientific Diving program, has successfully completed the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) instructor certification. UMaine’s Scientific Diving Program provides support and training to scientists and students in using diving as a research tool. It […]
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