The University of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation’s 64th annual Paper Days was mentioned in a Mainebiz feature on Jennifer Miller, executive vice president and chief sustainability officer of Sappi Fine Paper North America’s coated business. Miller was a keynote speaker at this year’s event that brings together UMaine students, faculty and professionals in the […]
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Students, teachers and parents from Fort Fairfield and Central Aroostook middle schools will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, May 6 to take part in a daylong event that makes connections between engineering and animal science. The event, which is a makeup session for some schools that were registered for this year’s Expanding Your […]
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Rick Wahle, a University of Maine research professor at the Darling Marine Center, and Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, gave interviews about the steady decline in the number of baby lobsters settling off the coast of Maine and how the decrease could put an end to recent […]
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A University of Maine School of Economics study on the state’s golf industry was cited in a Portland Press Herald article about course officials saying the worst spring turf conditions in years are hurting income, forcing repairs and frustrating golfers. The study found that in 2011, Maine’s golf industry generated $269.5 million in revenue. It […]
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The Grower: Production Strategies for Commercial Growers reported on the introduction of two potato varieties developed by the University of Maine in partnership with the Maine Potato Board. The new varieties — the Easton and the Sebec — were developed over the past several growing seasons and are targeted for the french fry and potato […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the University of Maine Alumni Association’s Black Bear Business Conference “Making it in Maine: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology in the 21st Century.” The conference aimed to bring Maine’s small-business owners and entrepreneurs together with UMaine faculty, economic development staff, business students and successful Maine business leaders to share ideas, strategies and […]
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The Associated Press reported three University of Maine research scientists will receive funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant Program to pursue studies that will benefit the U.S. fishing industry. Aquaculture professor Heather Hamlin will receive $249,516 for a project that seeks to determine if rising ocean temperature is a cause […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the University of Maine Alumni Association’s half-day conference designed to bring Maine’s small-business owners and entrepreneurs together with UMaine faculty, economic development staff, business students and successful Maine business leaders to share ideas, strategies and techniques that promote growth. The Black Bear Business Conference “Making it in Maine: Entrepreneurship, […]
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Maine Career Connect, a Bangor-based nonprofit program of the University of Maine’s ADVANCE Rising Tide Center, was cited in the Bangor Daily News editorial “Let’s ensure Mainers don’t become an endangered species.” The article states the new program will work to create a consortium that will help facilitate employment opportunities for spouses of UMaine faculty […]
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James McConnon, a University of Maine economics professor and a business and economics specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for a report about an increase in the number of women who own businesses. According to the report, the number of women-owned businesses in Maine has grown by 34 […]
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