Contact: Len Kaye, (207) 262-7920; Jaye Martin, Legal Services for the Elderly, (207) 621-0087 ORONO — A recent study of legal needs of aging Mainers by the University of Maine Center on Aging has confirmed that the number of older people needing legal services will outweigh available resources in the future. Up to half of […]
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Contact: Michael Bilodeau, 949-4177; Andrew Plant, 764-3361 A $1.65 million award from the Maine Technology Asset Fund will enable the University of Maine Biomass Engineered Fuel Project to prototype the Northeast’s first grass pellet production facility in Aroostook County. “The grant will allow the University of Maine to better support the emerging solid biofuels industry […]
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Deb Neuman, director of UMaine’s Target Technology Incubator, appeared Wednesday morning on WKSQ radio to discuss the Nov. 10 conference, “Invention to Venture: Maine 2010.” UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance will sponsor the event, along with the Target Technology Incubator.
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Several news organizations covered Tuesday’s deepwater offshore wind energy conference in Northport. UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center organized the conference as part of the DeepCWind Consortium. UMaine Prof. Habib Dagher, the UMaine center’s director and the driving force behind offshore wind technology development, was interviewed in the news stories developed by WLBZ/WCSH, WABI, […]
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The St. Louis Beacon is reporting on a Washington University first-year student who’s already achieved notable success in science research. Rebecca Ye of Bangor represented the U.S. in the Stockholm International Water Institute’s Junior Water Prize Competition, presenting her work on a project developed in collaboration with UMaine Prof. Vivian Wu. Wu invited Ye to […]
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The Associated Press quoted UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer about the exposure of imperfections of the candidates for high political positions, and the potential impact on voters. Brewer said close elections will generate more opposition research.
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Contact: Craig Harris, (207) 581-4220 ORONO — The University of Maine Canadian-American Center is bringing three speakers to Orono for Canada Weeks 2010 in November. All events are free and open to the public. Monday, Nov. 1, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Bangor Lounge in the Memorial Union, award-winning scholar, folklore professor and author Gerald […]
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Contact: Deb Neuman, (207) 866-6535; Renee Kelly, (207) 581-1401 ORONO — A University of Maine conference scheduled Nov. 10 for business people and prospective entrepreneurs to learn more about innovating and capitalizing on great new ideas will include a keynote address by David Kappos, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr (207) 581-3571 or joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO, Maine – The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has selected five University of Maine projects to receive a total of $3.5 million from the Maine Technology Asset Fund. Gov. John Baldacci announced last week a total of $7.25 million in awards to 10 applicants across Maine. The Maine […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension is set to begin a four-session workshop “From Recipe to Market: Cashing in on Value-Added Opportunities,” on Thursday in Farmington. A Lewiston Sun Journal story previews the sessions and includes comments from Extension faculty member Beth Calder. Her Extension colleagues Jim McConnon and Marc Edwards will also teach parts of the workshop.
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