The University of Maine’s drone use policy was included in a Bangor Daily News article about the Maine Principals’ Association joining a growing number of state organizations around the country that have adopted prohibitions on unmanned aerial systems, or drones, at their athletic events. MPA general membership approved at its recent spring conference a policy […]
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Fosters.com reported the Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC) will host a free workshop, “Essentials of College Planning,” at the Springvale Career Center at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 6, 13 and 27. The workshop is intended for adults ages 19 and older. MEOC is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and helps qualified adults […]
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Mainebiz published an article on a science of brewing course being offered by Jason Bolton of University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Brian Perkins of the School of Food and Agriculture. They developed FSN FSN 121 Brewing with Food Science three years ago. The undergraduate course is so popular that enrollment is capped at 80 […]
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Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center which is developing offshore wind technology, was quoted in the Bloomberg article, “The oil industry can teach offshore wind farms how to stay afloat.” Floating turbine foundations cost about eight times more than seafloor-based supports for their conventional counterparts, according to […]
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A 2014 study by Sandra Butler, a University of Maine social work professor, was cited in The Daily Signal article, “How Maine’s time limit on welfare pushed one woman to pull herself out of poverty.” Since Maine reinstated the 60-month lifetime limit for benefits, which took effect in 2012, the number of cases in the […]
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Andrew Plant, a professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Aroostook County, spoke with Mainebiz for an article about hop growers and craft brewers, and whether they can create a truly Maine beer, with Maine-grown and processed ingredients. The state’s 15 to 20 hop growers harvest about 20 to 30 acres combined, Plant […]
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Josh Plourde, communications manager and IT coordinator at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, spoke with Mainebiz about two STEM competitions to be held at the center on May 20 — the Windstorm Challenge and the Maine Wind Blade Challenge. About 300 middle- and high-school students from 40 schools are expected to […]
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Hemant Pendse, director of the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute and chemical engineering professor at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report about the expiration of a 30-year waste disposal agreement between more than 180 communities and the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. PERC, which generates electricity with its Orrington incinerator, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a newly opened business by Alison Keane, a recent MBA graduate from the University of Maine. Keane, an Eddington resident who grew up in Brewer, is now the president and founder of the Logical Sip Cafe & Bakery in Brewer, according to the article. Keane began writing her business […]
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Several articles and broadcasts highlighted Saturday’s University of Maine 214th Commencement, at which nearly 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students, including more than 40 doctoral candidates, earned degrees. Auburn native, alumna and United States diplomat Pamela White — former ambassador to Haiti and The Gambia — delivered the address, saying, “Each and every one of you […]
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