The Penobscot Times mentioned the UpStart Center for Entrepreneurship in Orono, a University of Maine-run incubator program with a diverse mix of companies, in an article about an expansion of Box of Maine. The company offers customizable gift boxes filled with Maine items, from blueberry soap to whoopie pies and red hot dogs. Box of […]
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The Times Record advanced a talk about aquatic insects by Hamish Greig, an assistant professor of stream ecology at the University of Maine on Nov. 13. The 7 p.m. talk, “Bugs of the Bay,” is the second presentation in Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s 23rd annual Winter Speaker Series and will be held in the Morrill […]
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The Daily Bulldog reported David Fuller, agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will give a talk titled “Identifying and Products from Balsam Fir” at the North Chesterville Extension Homemakers meeting on Nov. 19 at the Chesterville Town Office. The meeting will be held beginning at 6:30 p.m., with Fuller’s […]
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Mainebiz interviewed Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, about the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center, a collaboration of New England universities led by UMaine. The center seeks to identify new materials and technologies that maximize transportation infrastructure investment, according to Mainebiz. “There are hundreds of thousands of bridges […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered the 14th annual Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium at the University of Maine on Oct 28. This year’s event focused on innovations in dementia care. “Maine is the oldest state in the nation based on median age, and we are the most rural state in the nation,” said Lenard […]
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Morning Ag Clips advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension Produce Safety Alliance grower training course offered in two locations. The course will be offered from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Nov. 8 at Saco City Hall (snow date Nov. 15), and from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Waldo County Extension […]
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The Washington Post published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine. The piece is titled “Why boxing disappeared after the Rumble in the Jungle — and why football could, too.”
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The Forecaster announced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program in Cumberland County is accepting applications. Applications are available online now through Dec. 16. All classes will be held at the University of Maine Regional Learning Center in Falmouth beginning Feb. 6, The Forecaster reported. Participants will receive 60 hours of in-depth […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Associated Press reported on a 3D-printed prosthetic leg for Faith, a Mallard duck who lost her leg in a fox attack. The prosthetic is being created by Paul Bussiere, 3D printing lab manager at the University of Maine Advanced Structure and Composites Center. “I have eight 3D printers at my […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and the Associated Press reported the University of Maine has received a $1 million gift for a new engineering center that will include space for mechanical engineering technology and manufacturing skills. The gift from aerospace company Pratt & Whitney will help fund construction of a machine tool suite in the […]
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