The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece titled “Maine inventors have a natural advantage,” by David Kappos, a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York who also served as under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 2009 to 2013. “Continued promulgation […]
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Mainebiz reported on the 12 panelists who have been named for the 2014 Top Gun Showcase on June 4. At the showcase, 12 of the 20 companies that went through the Top Gun entrepreneur mentor program will have their pitches evaluated by the panelists who come from a variety of industries. The University of Maine’s […]
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The Portland Press Herald published an article on a startup founded by two former University of Maine hockey coaches Dan Kerluke and David Alexander, along with Tim Westbaker, a computer programmer and UMaine alumnus. The trio created Double Blue Sports Analytics to create an iPad app that allows hockey goalies and goaltending coaches to easily […]
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David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, and John Rebar, executive director of UMaine Extension, spoke to the Bangor Daily News for an article about the U.S. Department of Agriculture offering new crop insurance options to cover fruits and vegetables. According to […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Daniel Williams, interim executive director of the Collins Center for the Arts, for the article “People behind Bangor’s entertainment industry laud growth.” Williams said he remembered people talking about building a “creative economy” in the Bangor area years ago and believes it is finally happening. At a Bangor Region […]
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The latest edition of Maine Policy Review, a publication of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, was the focus of the Mainebiz article, “Innovation linked to education, R&D spending: report.” The article states that according to the report, Maine has made considerable improvements in higher education attainment and research and development investments relative to the […]
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Paul Anderson, director of the Aquaculture Research Institute at the University of Maine and director of Maine Sea Grant, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on salmon aquaculture in Maine and how the industry has changed so far and where it may go in […]
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The Boothbay Register mentioned the UMaine Business Challenge in an article about the Boothbay-based Above and Beyond Scheduling winning second place in the contest. The UMaine Business Challenge was founded in 2011 by a group of 2010 UMaine graduates who wanted to give back to their alma mater while creating more opportunities for student entrepreneurs. […]
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The University of Maine’s proposed offshore wind pilot project was the focus of the Working Waterfront editorial, “Changing wind direction should not blow Maine off course.” The project was recently chosen as an alternate for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Demonstration Program and will receive $3 million for further research and development. It […]
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The Huffington Post spoke with Andrew Plant, an educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Aroostook County, about growing soybeans in northern Maine. Plant said growers in northern parts of the state who are searching for crop alternatives to increase net farm income should consider planting soybeans. He said the beans perform best […]
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