President Paul Ferguson and David Hart, professor and research director of the Sustainability Solutions Initiative, wrote an opinion article about UMaine’s initiatives in the field of sustainability and research. The article is available through Bangor Daily News.
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A Bangor Daily News article quoted University of Maine President Paul Ferguson about the unveiling of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center’s wind turbine.
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In a Bangor Daily News article about University of Maine’s Paper Days, President Paul Ferguson was mentioned, “stressing the effort to build on public-private partnerships.”
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Installation of Maine’s first gigabit Internet network commercially available to business and residential customers has begun in the Old Town and Orono communities surrounding the University of Maine.
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University of California-Santa Barbara English professor and author Christopher Newfield will discuss the future of the humanities at public universities Feb. 21 as keynote speaker for the University of Maine Humanities Initiative’s “Connecting Our Worlds: The Contemporary Role of the Humanities” series. Newfield, a prolific author of books and articles on the humanities and the […]
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Orono High School received the 2011 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. President Paul Ferguson spoke to the students at a ceremony covered by WABI (Channel 5).
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A Maine Sunday Telegram guest column featured President Paul Ferguson where he spoke about getting young Mainers on the fast track to success.
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President Ferguson was one of several speakers, including all four members of Maine’s Congressional delegation, to speak at Friday’s Brunswick announcement of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s $3 million grant to start a Blackstone Accelerates Growth program in Maine. The grant will fund several collaborative efforts, including the expansion of opportunities for students at UMaine and […]
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Blackstone Charitable Foundation has announced it is committing $3 million to accelerate growth in Maine. The initiative involves UMaine’s Innovation Engineering program, preparing students for tomorrow’s workforce.
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The University of Maine has joined 36 other college in Gig.U, a coalition of universities and communities working to bring high-speed computer networks to those institutions and communities that surround them. The group will collaborate with private entities to provide innovative, cost-effective strategies to deploy Internet at speeds several hundred times faster than what is […]
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