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UMaine Participates in National Conversations on Sustainability

This week, University of Maine President Paul Ferguson is attending the September meeting of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) Steering Committee at Portland State University in Portland, Ore. ACUPCC focuses on presidential leadership in promoting sustainability on college and university campuses, and in communities and in society. The meeting of the […]

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Blackstone Accelerates Growth and UMaine Receive Champion Award from the Maine Development Foundation for the Innovate for Maine Fellows Program

Blackstone Accelerates Growth and its partner, the University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation today, were recognized for the Innovate for Maine Fellows program. The program, designed to give Maine undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to work with innovative Maine companies, was launched in 2012. It is a cornerstone of the Blackstone Accelerates Growth […]

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UMaine Awarded $735,000 for Stormwater Management Study Aimed at Students Often Underrepresented in STEM Fields

Empowering female and minority high school students, their teachers and communities to create innovative solutions to the environmental problems related to stormwater management is the goal of a new three-year project at the University of Maine, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The more than $735,000 award from NSF’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive […]

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Japanese Delegation at UMaine for Marine Energy International Symposium

An 11-member delegation of scientists and industry officials from Japan, including the president of Hirosaki University, will be at the University of Maine Sept. 16–18 for the second Marine Energy International Symposium. UMaine President Paul Ferguson and Hirosaki University President Kei Sato will open the symposium, designed to be a collaborative exchange between researchers in […]

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UMaine Professor to Appear with Couric on ‘Katie’

University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone shares her expertise about childfree adults with Katie Couric on an upcoming broadcast of Katie. Blackstone says producers of the talk show are 99 percent sure the show will air Sept. 16. The associate professor and chair of UMaine’s sociology department says it was rewarding to discuss sociological research […]

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