In an article about pampering ourselves in 2021, the Portland Press Herald mentioned a University of Maine Innovation and Economic Development webpage that features makers and retailers of Maine-made face coverings and safety products.
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) interviewed Philip Trostel, University of Maine professor economics and public policy, about the impact of the most recently approved federal coronavirus relief package. WPFO (Channel 23 in Portland) shared the WGME story.
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BEVNET reported on the partnership between Nestlé Waters North America and the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute to explore development of packaging materials produced from sustainably harvested Maine wood.
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Morning Ag Clips and Potato News Today featured a University of Maine news release highlighting the development of genomic tools for breeding economically important polyploid crops. Greg Porter, a University of Maine professor of crop ecology and management, and E. Han Tan, an assistant professor of plant genetics, will focus on reducing the timeline for […]
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The Center Square and The Washington Examiner published a story about Governor Janet Mills’ efforts to advance the University of Maine and New England Aqua Ventus’ experimental floating offshore wind project.
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The Maine Climate Council released its four-year plan for climate action Tuesday, the same day 60-mph wind gusts were battering the state. As Council member Ivan Fernandez remarked during the public release of the report that the five hottest years in Earth’s recorded history were the last five, the temperature in a number of communities […]
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The Associated Press reported that the University of Maine has received nearly $287,000 from the Northern Border Regional Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to build the tourism workforce to serve western Maine. The Portland Press Herald and Centralmaine.com shared the AP story.
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In an article highlighting the impact in Maine of policy differences between the Trump and Biden administrations, the Portland Press Herald noted that the Department of Energy will likely support the University of Maine’s Aqua Ventus project with federal investment in clean, renewable energy research and innovation.
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Innovation, entrepreneurship and talent development and attraction are key to growing Maine’s economy, according to the second and final report of Gov. Janet Mills’ Economic Recovery Committee. Those also are the strengths of the University of Maine System and the state’s research university, the University of Maine — Maine’s public higher education institutions that are […]
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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, New England Cable News (in Boston) and WABI (Channel 5) reported that University of Maine graduates Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding have co-founded a new small business in South Portland that is marketing a skin hydration cream made with lobster hemolymph. While Marin Skincare’s first commercial product was not developed at UMaine, Boutiette and […]
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