The Portland Press Herald reported on the finalists for the UMaine Business Challenge, the state’s largest student entrepreneurship competition. One of the finalists will receive a $5,000 award to help develop their idea into a business, according to the article. The UMaine Business Challenge was founded in 2011 by a group of 2010 UMaine graduates […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WVII (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Alumni Association will hold its annual tuition raffle May 9 at the Buchanan Alumni House on campus. One UMaine student, parent or friend will win free tuition for the 2016–2017 academic year, according to […]
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University of Maine graduate students and faculty will make more than 60 presentations about emerging climate change research on topics from lobsters to deer ticks at the 24th annual Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium on April 14–15, in Stodder Hall. The symposium namesake, Professor Emeritus Harold “Hal” Borns, founded the Climate Change Institute at UMaine […]
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Aaron Putnam has been awarded one of most prestigious grants for an early-career scientist. Early career indeed. Putnam has been on the job at the University of Maine for about eight months as the George H. Denton Assistant Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences. In May, he’ll take the reins of a […]
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When Milo native Don Oakes was a boy it was a big deal to travel 40 or so miles to Bangor to buy school clothes and supplies. Oakes, now CEO of Sea Bags, describes his life in the ’70s in the town with 2,500 people and three rivers as similar to his favorite TV show, […]
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For Travis Blackmer, the summer of 2011 was a summer of garbage. And it changed his life. While classmates at the University of Maine were waiting tables, pounding nails, or painting houses to make tuition money, the 20-year old undergrad was pawing through trash. Tons and tons of trash. But he didn’t really mind. After […]
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On a recent afternoon at Foxcroft Academy, students in Nick Miller and Bridget Wright’s class are huddled in small groups. One cluster is working on signage to promote their new student-staffed writing center. Another group works on a laptop, putting together an online appointment form for students interested in taking advantage of the center’s services. […]
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Five University Singers alumni from the University of Maine will present a benefit concert of vocal solos on Feb. 20 at the North Windham Union Church. Tickets for this event are $12 and may be purchased at the door. There is no snow date scheduled. Proceeds from the 7 p.m. concert will go to the […]
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Ewa Kleczyk, executive director of commercial effectiveness analytics for Symphony Health Solutions and a University of Maine alumna, credits her economics degrees and time at UMaine with helping her pursue a career in the pharmaceutical industry. “I think the small classes and the willingness of professors to truly coach and mentor us was one of […]
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Adam Barker-Hoyt spent 12 years studying at the University of Maine, where he received dual bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and philosophy, and a master’s degree in mathematics. For some, mathematics and philosophy might seem like an odd match, but for Barker-Hoyt, knowledge of both have helped him successfully run his business. “Since my focus in […]
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