News Center Maine shared a joint statement from Dannel Malloy and Joan Ferrini-Mundy on Gov. Janet Mills economic recovery plan. Malloy, University of Maine System chancellor, and Ferrini-Mundy, vice chancellor for research and innovation for UMS noted that the American Rescue Plan funds designated for the System will facilitate development of new research infrastructure that […]
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A Centralmaine.com column by Louise Rosen cited a 2019 University of Maine study of farmed oyster revenue in calling for increased attention and support for the film-making industry in Maine.
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Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, discussed the research and economic prospects of floating offshore wind power development with Maine Public. “The engineering challenges we’ve solved relatively quickly,” Dagher said. “But it’s really the business end of it, how do we make it in Maine, how do we […]
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In covering the ripple effects of the pandemic on Portland restaurants, the Portland Press Herald cited a 2018 economic impact study by the University of Maine and a 2020 survey of the hospitality industry in Maine by Todd Gabe and Andrew Crawley, faculty in UMaine’s School of Economics. The Sun Journal shared the Press Herald […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz, Morning Ag Clips, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and Eurasia Review, picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting research which shows that the blueberry barrens of Downeast Maine are warming at a faster rate than the rest of Maine, suggesting that unique strategies to mitigate climate change are required to sustain the […]
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Travis Blackmer, a University of Maine lecturer in the School of Economics, and Susanne Lee, a faculty fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, talked with Centralmaine.com about a new food recycling project being launched in Winslow on Earth Day. The Portland Press Herald shared the Centralmaine.com story. Waste Advantage Magazine […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Dominique DiSpirito, a University of Maine political science and honors student, who was recently named a 2021 Truman Scholar. DiSpirito is being recognized for her support of programs that seek to address food insecurity, pollution and mismanagement of natural resources and her public service leadership potential. “It’s pretty exciting to […]
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The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) promoted a new shellfish handbook developed in partnership with the University of Maine and Maine Sea Grant. The handbook, which offers shellfish management strategies for municipalities among other information, is available online.
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The University of Maine System Research Reinvestment Fund (RRF) Advisory Board has announced the award of 14 new internal grants for the 2020–21 academic year. These one-year projects will foster research and development activities in three important areas: COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants; Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Collaboratives (IURCs); and UMS Research Collaboration Networks. Applicants were required […]
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ZME Science shared a time-lapse video of the 3D-printing of a boat at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center in a story about advancements in technology that yield industrial materials of enhanced strength by combining bio-based materials with 3D-printing polymers.
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