Tyler Technologies Inc. in Falmouth spoke to Mainebiz about building their workforce through interns, including some from the University of Maine. The company’s leaders also spoke about their involvement in Project>Login, an initiative between Educate Maine and the University of Maine system that aims to attract students to computer technology-related majors and support them throughout their […]
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The Maine Edge reported on the Boomer Reporting Corps, a program offered by the University of Maine Center on Aging and Maine Community Foundation. The program aims to create a cohort of older adults who can actively report on local issues to benefit their communities.
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The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and the Bangor Daily News were among several news organizations to write about a quarterly jobs economic report released by the Maine Development Foundation and the University of Maine’s School of Economics. The study found the productivity of Maine workers is one of the worst in the nation due to the […]
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Amy Blackstone, sociologist at the University of Maine, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) about International Childfree Day. Blackstone researches childfree-by-choice adults and the stigma that surrounds them. She also maintains a blog with her husband titled “we’re {not} having a baby! childfree adventures in a child-centric world.”
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Krish Thiagarajan, the University of Maine’s Alston D. and Ada Lee Correll Presidential Chair in Energy and mechanical engineering professor, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about a nearly $1 million energy grant from the National Science Foundation that was awarded to the University of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy and two partner organizations. The […]
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David Yarborough, wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) about this year’s harvest. He said he thinks the state will see a better-than-average crop this year.
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The Maine Edge previewed a certificate program in grant writing that will be held at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center Aug. 12–13. Writing Winning Grant Proposals: Nuts, Bolts and Assembly is the fifth session in the eight-part 2013 Nonprofit Certificate Program.
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Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, WABI (Channel 5), and Portland Press Herald were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press article on a nearly $1 million energy grant from the National Science Foundation that was awarded to the University of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy and two partner organizations. The funding will help develop […]
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Robert Steneck, professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine’s Darling Center, and Andrew Pershing, professor in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute at UMaine, were among about 100 scientists, fisheries managers and commercial fishermen to attend an Island Institute-hosted symposium in Portland on climate change and fisheries. Steneck and Pershing […]
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Frank Drummond, entomologist at the University of Maine, and David Yarborough, wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with BangorMetro about growing blueberries in Maine. Drummond focused on increasing native pollinators and Yarborough spoke about the history of growing blueberries and Maine’s crop. Yarborough also spoke with the Bangor Daily News about […]
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