The Ellsworth American published a feature article on Walter Grenier II, who at 73 years old completed his bachelor’s degree in university studies from the University of Maine earlier this year. The degree comes nearly 56 years after Grenier first enrolled in college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1961, according to the […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the University of Maine’s football Pro Day. Professional football scouts from the NFL and CFL (Canadian Football League) put nine former Black Bear players through a variety of drills to see if they are potential candidates to be drafted […]
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Maine Startups Insider reported on the finalists for the UMaine Business Challenge, the state’s largest student entrepreneurship competition. The college entrepreneurs will be paired with mentors and have seven weeks to build a business plan before presenting it before a panel of judges on April 29 at UMaine, according to the article. Up for grabs […]
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Distinguished University of Maine alumna Ester Serrão is one of 11 U.S. and international marine scientists named by the Pew Charitable Trusts as 2017 Pew Marine Fellows to “seek solutions to the problems affecting the world’s oceans.” As a marine fellow, Serrão will identify hot spots of genetic diversity in populations of kelp and other […]
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Two innovation accelerator programs with University of Maine ties helped Bangor startup L&K Manufacturing get off the ground, Mainebiz reported. L&K Manufacturing, doing business as Cobbler Technologies, is developing multimaterial, 3-D printers for the footwear industry. The company was started by Andrew Katon and Vincent Lewis who met as students at UMaine, according to the […]
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Ivona Cetinić, a former researcher at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, set off Jan. 26 from Hawaii on a 27-day expedition to study the health of phytoplankton populations in the Pacific Ocean. Cetinić, an oceanographer with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), is working on board the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with University of Maine students about working for and using the Tip Whip ride-sharing service. The service was created by recent UMaine graduate Spencer Wood. “All the drivers are college students, all the riders are college students, and it’s like modern-day hitchhiking,” Wood says. “There are no fees, it’s just a […]
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Fans of the University of the Maine have a lot to cheer about. Former Black Bear football star Trevor Bates is a practice player for the New England Patriots, who square off with Atlanta on Sunday, Feb. 5 in Super Bowl LI. If the Patriots win, Bates will earn a Super Bowl ring. The December […]
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The Maine Edge had kind words for Stephen King’s latest book in an online review. In “Hearts in Suspension,” King and some of the friends, activists, teachers and fellow writers he crossed paths with while attending the University of Maine in the late 1960s and early 1970s, share memories of those turbulent years on the […]
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When she was looking for graduate programs in literacy education, Tammy Ranger knew the University of Maine had a reputation for having an outstanding program. Nearly 10 years after earning her Master of Education degree from UMaine, Ranger is the 2017 Maine Teacher of the Year, and she credits her time at the university for […]
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