Acadia Harvest Inc. has been awarded a $744,000 National Science Foundation grant to continue developing innovative fish feeds for its land-based aquaculture business. This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. In 2013, AHI secured a Phase I award of $270,000 from NSF for the same aquafeed project. Acadia Harvest formed in […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the recipients of the Academic Year Research and Creative Activities Fellowships for 2015–16. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research. Each fellowship provides a $1,000 award for the student to help cover costs of their project. The […]
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The University of Maine men’s cross country team placed fourth overall with 95 points and the women’s cross country team placed ninth with 259 points at the America East Championships on Oct. 31. The men finished with an overall time of 2:09:23.95 and an average individual finishing time of 25:52.79. Jesse Orach was Maine’s top […]
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Every two years, Sigma Phi Epsilon hosts the largest national gathering of its members at the Grand Chapter Conclave. This summer, 14 members of the Maine Alpha Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon traveled to Nashville, Tennessee for the event. In addition to undergraduates and alumni networking, delegates at conclave considered new legislation and bylaw changes. […]
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Poet Jennifer Moxley, an English professor at the University of Maine, will read some of her work at Bard College from 6–7 p.m. Nov. 5 as part of the New York college’s John Ashbery Poetry Series. She will be introduced by Ann Lauterbach, Bard College’s David and Ruth Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature, and […]
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A group of University of Maine students have been selected to participate in the 2015–2016 NASA Student Launch challenge, which will be held April 13–17 near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Student Launch is a research-based, experiential exploration activity, requiring an eight-month commitment to design, construct, test, launch and successfully recover a […]
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The Maine Division of the New England Society of American Foresters will hold its annual fall meeting Friday, Oct. 30 at the University of Maine. The meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Wells Conference Center and will focus on “Maine’s New Economy, Our Forested Future.” The conference will involve […]
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The prominent mineralogical journal “The Canadian Mineralogist” has celebrated University of Maine research professor Edward Sturgis Grew’s 70th birthday by dedicating the entire March 2015 issue to his extensive career in mineralogy and petrology. The volume contains 12 papers contributed in his honor by 63 authors representing Grew’s scientific colleagues from around the world. The […]
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The Baroque Orchestra of Maine (BOOM) will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. This is a “Closer to Home” concert — featuring two musicians who live and teach in Maine — in the John I. and Elizabeth E. Patches Chamber Music Series. In 2010, violinist […]
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The University of Maine basketball teams will host two free events for fans prior to the start of the 2015–16 regular season. The Black Bear Fan Jam youth clinic and season ticket holder appreciation event will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The free youth clinic […]
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