In an effort to support Maine and the nation’s growing finfish aquaculture industry, University of Maine scientists seek to develop more effective, safe, sustainable and affordable fish vaccines using nanocellulose produced from Maine’s renewable wood pulp industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a team of UMaine aquaculture […]
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The Counter interviewed Damian Brady about the growth of aquaculture in Maine and concerns surrounding upcoming large-scale operations. Brady, an associate professor of marine sciences, says there could be unintended consequences of an operation like a massive kelp farm, but “the fundamental tension in all this is that it’s up to the stomach of the […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy talked with News Center Maine about a plan to convert two historic buildings at UMaine into a boutique hotel. “We are a center not only for people in Maine but for the region, for the country, for the world. We have scientists whose work is global, they participate in […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Centralmaine.com, News Center Maine and the Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine System Board of Trustees voted unanimously to contract with Radnor Property Group LLC, to renovate two vacant buildings at UMaine to build a boutique hotel.
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Mainebiz cited University of Maine Cooperative Extension statistics in a report about the passage of a resolution recognizing the blueberry industry in the U.S. Senate.
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Nicole Pelletier and Joyce Benton, University of Maine students who are part of the “Undiscovered Maine” program, talked with WABI (Channel 5) during a weekend tour of a small blueberry farm in Cherryfield. The program, an initiative of the Maine Business School, is intended to create interest in visiting lesser known areas of the state […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy spoke to News Center Maine about the allocation of $35 million in Maine Jobs and Recovery funds to the University of Maine System. According to Ferrini-Mundy, the dollars will be used immediately to build Maine’s talent pool and workforce.
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Rob Dumas, University of Maine food science pilot plant manager, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about making different kinds of pesto. “Parsley is probably my all time favorite herb,” Dumas said. “It’s very good for you, it stays delicious all the time [and] it makes a wonderful pesto kind of thing.”
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The American Journal of Transportation reported on a talk Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, gave to the Propeller Club of North Carolina about the floating offshore wind turbine demonstration project the center is working on with New England Aqua Ventus.
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Mainebiz, the Bangor Daily News and Commercial Construction and Renovation reported that the University of Maine System is considering a proposal to develop a boutique hotel at UMaine by retrofitting two vacant campus buildings. System trustees will review the plan to remodel Coburn and Holmes Halls and build an addition on Holmes Hall later this month. The […]
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