https://youtu.be/k4a7D9MyH38 Transcript Emma Wilson’s path to becoming president of a Maine startup company began in her undergraduate years at the University of Maine. As a fellow in UMaine’s Innovate for Maine Program (Blackstone Accelerates Growth), she interned with Zeomatrix, a university spin-off company specializing in a patented odor-absorbing technology. Under the direction of Wilson, Zeomatrix […]
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Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, spoke with Fosters.com for a report about Maine’s growing edible seaweed industry. Redmond said “there’s definitely a lot of potential” for the seaweed industry in Maine. “We’re not having rampant growth, but people are hearing about seaweed […]
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Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about Maine’s relatively small peach crop. Moran estimates there are about eight acres of peaches in the state compared with 2,000 acres of apple trees. In an ordinary year, the state’s climate is rough on the […]
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https://youtu.be/i0Wy1WO5FAs Transcript L&K Manufacturing Inc., didn’t always reside in a 1,500-square-foot space in Bangor Maine. The company was initially founded in a college apartment by Vincent Lewis and Andrew Katon who were UMaine engineering undergraduates. Once Katon, company president, and Lewis, CFO, launched L&K Manufacturing, they were able to utilize space at UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing […]
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Jake Ward, UMaine’s vice president for innovation and economic development, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald analysis on offshore wind farms. According to the article, a project affiliated with the University of Maine, called Maine Aqua Ventus, could get another shot at the federal Department of Energy’s $47 million grant to help build an […]
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https://youtu.be/C8rPA-2KUqo Transcript James Gallagher has friends in sweet places. Take Eliza Butler, co-founder of Specialty Sweets candy in Bangor and an alum of the Top Gun Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program at UMaine. It was on her recommendation that Gallagher joined the Top Gun program to help grow his business. As president and chief baker at the […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine have created a unique computer memory architecture that increases system performance by nearly 40 percent. It is designed for use in Phase Change Memory (PCM) systems, which is important because PCM is one of several contenders under development to become next-generation memory technology for computers, phones and other devices. […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on Scratchpad, a new startup accelerator program offered by the University of Maine and Maine Technology Institute. The pilot program aims to help people who want to develop a startup company in the Bangor area. The program, known as a “seed accelerator,” works to provide entrepreneurs with funding and mentors, according […]
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https://youtu.be/aBgAB-kVDrs Transcript Chuck Donnelly, CEO of RockStep Solutions in Bar Harbor, Maine, has a software product that could potentially transform the way scientists and companies conduct their research. With CLIMB, the Cloud Information Management Bundle, organizations like pharmaceutical companies and university laboratories can immediately access their data anywhere in the world with a mobile device. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a five-session workshop about taking a specialty food product to market, 5:30–9 p.m., Thursdays, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, at UMaine Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Topics include licensing, safely preparing and packaging food products, assessing potential profits and locating resources to support […]
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