WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), Mainebiz and News Center Maine announced the grand opening of Tyler Technologies in Orono, an effort by the company to encourage greater collaboration with the University of Maine. Tyler Technologies initiated a partnership with UMaine’s Foster Center for Innovation in 2021 for the annual Maine App Challenge, allowing high school […]
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Tyler Technologies announced the three winning teams of their 2024 Maine App Challenge on Monday, April 29. The full press release is available through Business Wire, and MaineBiz highlighted the annual contest, in which high school students develop mobile software programs. The Foster Center for Innovation, like last year, hosted free workshops for the students […]
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Mainebiz highlighted the University of Maine in an article about how colleges and universities in Maine have a long history of advancing and innovating their campuses despite economic downturns. During the 2008 recession, UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center partnered with a private company to use composite technology in bridge construction. The university’s Aroostook Farm […]
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The University of Maine Foster Center for Innovation announced the third annual Innovation Awards winners, who will be honored in a ceremony at the center on April 11 as part of Maine Impact Week. The awards recognize and celebrate the impact of students, faculty, staff and alumni who are active in innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization. The 2024 […]
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A report from Mainebiz on innovation and engineering at the University of Maine featured President Joan Ferrini-Mundy; Maine College of Engineering and Computing Dean Giovanna Guidoboni; Renee Kelly, associate vice president for strategic partnerships, innovation, resources and engagement; a project by the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) to create a 3D-printed, bio-based home; and […]
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The Sun Journal, CentralMaine.com and the Bangor Daily News promoted a news release from the University of Maine on the Foster Center for Innovation seeking students and companies to participate in the 2024 Innovate for Maine internship program. The program connects students with for-profit companies developing innovative products or services for hands-on, paid internships.
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News Center Maine featured the upcoming PFAS Center for Excellence located at the University of Maine and its potential to lead the way nationally in PFAS solutions research. “What will be key is for us to hire a research leader with expertise in PFAS research and a vision of where this program would go in […]
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Mainebiz listed the University of Maine and its Foster Center for Innovation in an entrepreneur’s guide to Maine’s regions. Mainebiz also interviewed Renee Kelly, associate vice president of the UMaine Office of Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Resources and Engagement, for insider tips to the region. “The economic development directors in the area work really well together, […]
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Robert Dumas, food science innovation coordinator at the University of Maine, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about growing a “recipe garden,” which focuses on growing crops for specific dishes or types of dishes, like salsa, pizza, kimchi, sauerkraut or Thai cuisine. “There is always the availability with your garden to grow things unique to […]
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The Sappi North America 2022 Sustainability Report noted the company’s collaboration with Caitlin Howell, associate professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, to study the use of Sappi’s texturing technology to build mass-manufactured, low-cost microfluidics that also have a low environmental impact. 3BL Media shared the report, and the Greenville Advocate, […]
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