Carol Kim, a University of Maine microbiologist and vice president for research and graduate school dean, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) about a research team led by UMaine scientists that has shown two strains of human influenza A virus (IAV) can infect live zebrafish embryos, and that treatment with an anti-influenza […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a SeacoastOnline article about a Kittery business owner who hopes to open Maine’s first sake brewery. Dan Ford, owner of Blue Current Brewery, launched a Kickstarter campaign to help launch his company. Ford said he designed his own fermentation and storage tanks, and the rice steamer he uses […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine Foundation’s “Ensuring the Future” 80th anniversary celebration. During the event, the foundation awarded one graduate from each of UMaine’s colleges with the President Abram W. Harris Award. Each awardee was a scholarship recipient as a UMaine student, and evidences exemplary and extraordinary leadership, contributions to his […]
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Mehdi Tajvidi, an assistant professor of renewable nanomaterials at the University of Maine, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about research he is involved in to develop eco-friendly particleboard panels with adhesive made of cellulose nanofibrils (CNF). Tajvidi is working with several other UMaine researchers — William Gramlich, Doug Bousfield, Doug Gardner and Mike Bilodeau — […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Presque Isle Star-Herald article published in the Bangor Daily News about officials celebrating job creation at four forestry-based businesses in Ashland. One of the businesses — shingle manufacturer Ecoshel — worked with UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) to produce cedar shingle panels. Brian Kirkey, CEO of Ecoshel, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 7th annual Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability, hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine. This year’s talk featured Harvard University’s William Clark who spoke about “Mobilizing knowledge to shape a sustainable future.” Mitchell, who also spoke at the event, talked about […]
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Jake Ward, vice president for innovation and economic development at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about Bristol residents voting whether to allow UMaine’s proposed offshore wind power project to connect to the grid in town, should the project reach construction. The project would consist of two floating wind […]
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WABI (Channel 5), Bangor Daily News, and WVII (Channel 7) covered a press conference led by Jeffery Mills, University of Maine Foundation president and CEO, announcing a new endowed scholarship fund and political science professorship. The John Mitchell Nickerson Professorship of Political Science and the endowed John M. Nickerson Scholarship Fund were established at the […]
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Several University of Maine sustainability practices were mentioned in Portland Press Herald articles about colleges adding sustainability programs and making an effort to go green. The article, “‘Green’ moves into the classroom,” stated starting this fall, UMaine is offering a bachelor of arts degree in Human Dimensions of Climate Change. Dan Dixon, UMaine’s sustainability coordinator, […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a report about the University of Maine’s New Balance Field House and Memorial Gym entering the final stages of renovations. PC Construction is nearing completion of the $15.65 million renovation project that has taken place over the past 17 months, according to the article. “It is the heart of our […]
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