Applications are being accepted for the first cohort of UMaine I-Corps that will begin Feb. 8. In 2018, the National Science Foundation selected the University of Maine as the state’s first I-Corps Site. I-Corps helps foster innovation and entrepreneurship by providing faculty, staff and students with the tools and guidance needed to identify the market […]
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The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs announced 46 businesses have been selected for the Top Gun 2019 Class, Mainebiz reported. The announcement was made along with the center’s partners University of Maine, Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, MaineStream Finance and Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation at Thomas College. The Top Gun program is entering […]
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Philip Trostel, an economics and public policy professor at the University of Maine School of Economics and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, spoke with Mainebiz for the article, “Hiring pressures push companies to unprecedented lengths to find workers.” Maine’s unemployment rate in October was 3.4 percent, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Maine Department […]
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As part of an interdisciplinary team examining ways to reduce food waste in Maine, a researcher in the University of Maine School of Economics and his undergraduate student assistant recently were awarded $17,000 from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a startup composting program in the midcoast region. The funds will help implement […]
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The University of Maine has been selected by the National Science Foundation as Maine’s first I-Corps Site. Applications to be part of UMaine’s first I-Corps cohort, which will begin Feb. 8, are being accepted. The site activities help foster innovation and entrepreneurship by providing faculty, staff and students with the tools and guidance needed to […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative news release announcing a Dec. 18 dairy forage conference on growing corn silage in a changing climate. UMaine Extension will host the daylong event at Governor’s Restaurant in Waterville. The conference will focus on management techniques, variety selection and environmental stewardship to help producers grow healthier, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a $17,500 grant from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection that was awarded to Bó Lait dairy farm and Scrapdogs Community Compost. The grant allows the companies to work together to produce nutrient-dense compost and take food scraps out of the waste stream, according to the article. Travis Blackmer, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the North American Maple Syrup Council recently announced that Kathryn Hopkins, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, will be inducted into its Maple Hall of Fame. Hopkins is one of the creators of the International Maple Syrup Institute Maple Grading School, which has helped the industry make strides in […]
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The Associated Press, Mainebiz, WABI (Channel 5) and Fiddlehead Focus reported the Caribou Russet potato, developed by the University of Maine, is now available in more stores throughout New England. The Caribou Russet first went to market in the fall of 2016 and has seen its popularity explode in the last two years, according to […]
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University of Maine students Will Carter and Austin Cashman visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to speak about their research project, Undiscovered Maine. The project, which involves Maine Business School faculty and students, aims to provide opportunities for students to learn web and social media strategies as well as organizational, management and marketing skills […]
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