Campus Announcements

Maine company grows California yellowtail at UMaine’s Aquaculture Center

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe7SwvL3wPQ&feature=youtu.be Transcript The University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) is a leading resource for startups and established companies in aquaculture. Located on Taunton Bay in Franklin, Maine, CCAR’s extensive facility houses a variety of fish hatcheries and aquaculture business incubators where entrepreneurs can get help with their business plans, secure investment capital, […]

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Down East lobster tank and bait box company expands with help from UMaine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA88taItJLc&feature=youtu.be Transcript Tom St. Claire’s specialty is designing and manufacturing unique items out of plastic. As the owner of Sullivan Plastic Products in Sullivan, Maine, St. Claire is skilled at customizing rugged, durable products from high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Originally, the Down East company’s clients were fisherman in need of custom-built lobster tanks and bait boxes […]

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Shahinpoor named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

University of Maine mechanical engineering professor Mohsen Shahinpoor has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status is a professional distinction awarded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality […]

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Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration Jan. 18

The 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor NAACP and the University of Maine will be held Jan. 18 in the Wells Conference Center on campus. The family-friendly event will celebrate the life and legacy of King’s service while offering inspiration through diversity and social commitment. The annual program […]

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Sport a holiday sweater, get a present

Fans wearing a holiday sweater will pay half price to see the University of Maine women’s basketball team play Clemson at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The fan sporting the best holiday sweater also will win a $50 gift card for Buffalo Wild Wings. The Black Bears (8–4) […]

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Maine company farms year-round using organiponics at UMaine aquaculture center

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNsU6LhJmG8&feature=youtu.be Transcript For 18 years, Jeff Walls of Stockton Springs has been on a mission to find a viable way to farm in Maine year-round. His solution? To farm using a method called organiponics. Organiponics combines gardening with hydroponics, a method of growing plants in water without soil. In Walls’ system, waste from rainbow trout […]

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New issue of UMaine Today magazine online

The Fall/Winter 2015 issue of UMaine Today magazine is now available online. Feature articles focus on the state’s potato breeding program, preparing for the next spruce budworm outbreak, salamanders on Maine islands, protecting ecosystems with the restoration of large species and UMaine’s new ocean engineering research facility.

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UMMA extends free admission with support from Bangor-based firm

The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will extend its free admission policy for the public in 2016 and 2017 as the result of a gift from Deighan Wealth Advisors. The Bangor-based wealth management firm has a history of supporting the arts in the region and state. It is a longtime sponsor […]

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Allan to lead hazing prevention webinar Dec. 17

Elizabeth Allan, a University of Maine professor of higher education, will lead a webinar on “Preventing Hazing on Campus” on Thursday, Dec. 17. Lauri Sidelko, director of the UMaine Student Wellness Resource Center, and UMaine alumna Diana Haney also will take part. The fourth participant will be Rasheed Ali Cromwell, president of the Harbor Institute, […]

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Borkum’s research focuses on link between migraine triggers, oxidative stress

Migraines can be triggered by a variety of factors, including stress, sleep disruption, noise, odors and diet. Recent research by Jonathan Borkum, an adjunct associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, indicates that many of these factors converge on a common pathway involving oxidative stress. When Borkum, a UMaine alumnus, examined studies on […]

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