WFVX TV (Fox 22 in Bangor) highlighted the Careers in Outdoor Recreation and Leadership event held in the University of Maine Memorial Union on Tuesday, Feb. 6. The UMaine Career Center and Outdoor Leadership program hosted the event. As the outdoor recreation economy continues to grow in Maine, students will have the opportunity for more […]
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The Boston Globe featured University of Maine alumni Patrick Breeding and Amber Boutiette, who founded the skincare company Marin and started a lotion product made with lobster glycoprotein in an article about the decline of fisheries in New England.
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Bangor Daily News highlighted the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award given by the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce Friday night, Jan. 26 to Global Secure Shipping (GSS) based in Old Town. GSS produces the only intermodal secure shipping container in the world with technology developed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and […]
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A print report from Tech Daily News highlighted studies from the University of Maine that yielded new data on the durability of composite materials.
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The American Journal of Transportation interviewed Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, about wanting a Marshall Plan for U.S. ports. Dagher said that the Port of Long Beach’s proposed floating wind turbine port, “Pier Wind,” could be a role model and a game-changer for the United States […]
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In a story titled “Are 3D-Printed Homes the Future of Housing?” U.S. News & World Report noted that Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center are working on “smart-wall features that can improve energy efficiency in response to a change in the environment.”
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Decor Maine, Reasons to be Cheerful and Deutsche Welle (DW) reported that in 2023, researchers at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) unveiled the first ever entirely bio-based 3D-printed home. BioHome3D is made completely out of wood fibers and bio-based resins, and is produced with very little waste. Due to the […]
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The Boston Globe, Spectrum News, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7) and the Bangor Daily News highlighted a new collaborative project between Rhode Island-based seafood company The Town Dock and the University of Maine to devise new frozen food products that can be created from squid fins. Squid has become a popular menu item in […]
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The County featured the new head of the University of Maine’s potato breeding program, Mario Andrade, who took over after Greg Porter retired in late 2023. “I was very fortunate when I started the job that UMaine has this project ongoing,” said Andrade, assistant professor of potato breeding and genetics. “Greg Porter had amazing success […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the retirement and legacy of Greg Porter, a potato breeding pioneer who worked at the University of Maine for nearly four decades, most recently as a professor of agronomy, crop ecology and management. Porter is most known for his collaboration with the Maine Potato Board on releasing the Caribou […]
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