Portland Press Herald and Mainebiz reported the University of Maine is one of several Maine colleges and universities to participate in a pilot program designed to connect college students to employers and keep them in the state after graduation. The program, led by workforce development groups Live and Work in Maine and Educate Maine, seeks to […]
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Mainebiz featured the Upstart Center for Entrepreneurship in Orono, a University of Maine-run incubator program with a diverse mix of companies. “This incubator focuses on companies that typically have some kind of innovation,” says Renee Kelly, assistant vice president for innovation and economic development for the University of Maine and a business advisor at UpStart. […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Mainebiz reported KinoTek, a startup founded at the University of Maine, will be one of eight Maine companies attending an international tech startup conference, TechCrunch Disrupt, in San Francisco in October. KinoTek, founded by recent UMaine kinesiology and psychology graduate Justin Hafner, uses virtual reality and motion capture technology to improve […]
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“None of us is smarter than all of us,” reads a sign above the door to the office on PackGen’s manufacturing floor. For PackGen, a company based in Auburn, Maine that specializes in making industrial shipping containers, it’s all about the people who make a difference in the process, from sparking ideas to manufacturing products […]
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Mainebiz reported on the University of Maine’s Center for Additive Manufacturing of Metals (CAMM), which focuses on 3D printing of metal objects and is based in the Advanced Manufacturing Center. “This is going to be the inaugural year of using this technology, and I’m excited to see how that pans out,” said UMaine undergraduate Alex […]
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Megan Driscoll wants to replace plastic made of petroleum with plastic made of algae. So this summer, the University of Maine intern made algae-based bioplastic and documented how it broke down over time in the Damariscotta River Estuary. Driscoll, a junior marine sciences major from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, presented her project Aug. 6 at the fourth […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine is among the recipients of $6 million in federal grants to battle the opioid crisis in Maine, as part of $160 million in federal funding being distributed across the country. Community health clinics, hospital systems and UMaine will use the funding for treatment, prevention and to […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Maine Public, Mainebiz and the Republican Journal reported the University of Maine is a partner in a boat hull building project led by the Portland, Maine location of Honolulu, Hawaii-based company Navatek and funded by an $8 million U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research contract. The goal of the project is to […]
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News Center Maine, WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King joined officials from the Maine governor’s office in welcoming Daniel Simmons, Department of Energy (DOE) assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy, to the University of Maine. Simmons toured the 100,000-square-foot Advanced Structures and Composites Center […]
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U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King joined officials from the Maine governor’s office July 26 in welcoming Daniel Simmons, Department of Energy (DOE) assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy, to the University of Maine. Simmons toured the 100,000-square-foot Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its innovations under development, including next-generation floating wind […]
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