Mainebiz reported on the final competition in this year’s Top Gun Showcase. The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, along with its partners, the University of Maine, MaineStream Finance and the Lewiston/Auburn Economic Growth Council, announced the winners of this year’s Top Gun Showcase, June 7 in Portland. Eight participants from the Bangor, Rockport, Lewiston/Auburn and […]
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The University of Maine Hutchinson Center and the Midcoast Leadership Academy recognized its seventh group of graduates in a June 2 ceremony. The nine-month community immersion program, modeled after successful nationwide leadership programs, is designed for existing and emerging adult community leaders. The program studies issues, challenges and opportunities affecting the midcoast region; building a […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a recently launched website developed by University of Maine researchers. The website features a database of more than 6,000 community-based renewable energy projects nationwide. The website will aid those interested in pursuing group, shared, municipal or nonprofit energy projects to connect, learn from each other and develop. “Mainers can look […]
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Free, public science seminars and tours of the waterfront laboratories will begin Friday, June 23 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. At 10:30 a.m. Fridays through Aug. 11, a renowned marine science researcher will share their expertise on topics ranging from the Gulf of Maine studies to deep-sea exploration. The hour-long […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers (MGV) is offering weekly open house sessions 5:30–6:30 p.m. Tuesdays throughout the summer at Rogers Farm in Old Town. “Much of the farm is for research commodity crops that are important to the economics of Maine, but here we have a small […]
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The Ellsworth American reported a group of marine and social scientists from the University of Maine and Maine Maritime Academy recently held a meeting in Penobscot with about a dozen local residents to introduce their Bagaduce River research project. The research is part of a larger, statewide project funded by the National Science Foundation under […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported that near Bermuda on May 22, the crew of Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship launched a 5-foot sailboat assembled and customized by Swan’s Island middle school students. As part of MMA’s Educational Passages program, the students will be able to track the boat, which is equipped with a GPS device, as […]
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“The Art of Climate Science,” a new exhibit of photography and artwork illustrating the diverse research activities of students, faculty and staff of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will be on display June 16–Sept. 29 at UMaine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast. An opening reception featuring many of the participating researcher-artists will be held […]
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Psychology professor Rebecca MacAulay and music education professor Philip Edelman have partnered on an innovative cognitive research project that teaches older adults to read and play music. The Maine Understanding Sensory Integration and Cognition (MUSIC) Project recently wrapped up pilot programs with two groups of older adults in Brewer. Participants in the project, many of whom had […]
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WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2), Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7) reported on a pilot program being tested at the Penobscot County Jail to provide educational opportunities for female inmates. University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development, Riverside Adult Education Partnership and Literacy Volunteers of Bangor have teamed up to offer […]
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