Angela Hanscom: Summer Camp Founder
Alumna, occupational therapist creates place to foster healthy sensory and motor development in children.
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Scott Walker: Combating Life-threatening Diseases
Alumnus from Orono working as principal scientist at Merck Research Laboratories.
Read moreNSF Awards UMaine Grads $225,000 to Create Eco-Friendly Thermal Insulation Foam Board
An Orono-based company founded by two University of Maine graduates has been awarded $224,996 from the National Science Foundation to create a prototype for the first completely eco-friendly thermal insulation foam board. Nadir Yildirim, a graduate of UMaine’s innovation engineering program and current Ph.D. student in the Wood Science and Technology Program in the School […]
Read moreWABI Interviews Student, Shaler About Orono Startup
WABI (Channel 5) reported on an Orono-based company founded by two University of Maine graduates that has been awarded $224,996 from the National Science Foundation. The grant will allow Revolution Research, Inc. to create a prototype for the first completely eco-friendly thermal insulation foam board. Nadir Yildirim, a graduate of UMaine’s innovation engineering program and […]
Read moreBDN Cites Four of UMaine’s Most Inspirational Commencement Speakers
The Bangor Daily News compiled “17 rules to live by,” delivered to Maine graduates in recent years by Commencement speakers. Four of the 17 speakers who made the list spoke to UMaine graduates: Tess Gerritsen, 2014; Lawrence Bender, 2013; Stephen King, 2005; U.S. Sen. Angus King, who was then Maine governor, 2002.
Read moreNeptune Re-Creates Penobscot Tribal Pieces, BDN Reports
Jennifer Sapiel Neptune — University of Maine graduate, anthropologist, artist and member of the Penobscot Nation — was featured in a Bangor Daily News article. The story described how Neptune re-created a beaded ceremonial Penobscot headdress, two cuffs and a collar that Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis wore last year at his inauguration. The original […]
Read moreBishop, Darling Make History, Face Off in Stanley Cup Final
Two former University of Maine goaltenders are competing for the NHL Stanley Cup. Ben Bishop is the starting goalie for Tampa Bay and Scott Darling is the valuable backup for Chicago. It is the first time in Stanley Cup Final history that goalies who played at the same university will contend for the coveted cup. […]
Read moreHolly Stewart is the America East Woman of the Year
University of Maine graduate and former field hockey star Holly Stewart was named the America East Woman of the Year at the annual conference meeting Tuesday, June 2, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Stewart, from North Vancouver, British Columbia, is the first Black Bear to earn the honor, which is presented to the league’s senior […]
Read moreTri-Town Weekly Reports on UMaine Business Challenge Technology Prize Winners
The Tri-Town Weekly published an article on Limbeck Engineering, the winners of the $5,000 Bruce Fournier Family Foundation technology prize at the 2015 UMaine Business Challenge. College students and former Freeport High school students Travis Libsack, Nick Nelsonwood and Liam Wade, along with Freeport High School senior Josef Biberstein won the prize for their company, […]
Read moreGraduating Students Write BDN Op-Ed
Four newly graduated students of the University of Maine wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Work, internship experience, downtown exposure pay dividends for greater Bangor.” Cameron Huston, Sarah Nicols, Spencer Warmuth and Gareth Warr, who graduated Saturday, were students in professor Rob Glover’s practicum in engaged policy studies class. They were […]
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