Mainebiz reported Top Gun entrepreneurs from 35 companies plan to meet with potential funders from across the state in a “speed dating” format at the new TechPlace startup incubator at Brunswick Landing. The event is organized by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, along with the Target Technology Incubator in Orono and the University of […]
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More than 300 students and teachers from 36 middle and high schools from around the state will participate in the Maine National History Day competition at the University of Maine on March 28. For the second year in a row, a partnership between UMaine and the Margaret Chase Smith Library, with support from the Maine […]
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Forty-seven members of University of Maine community, including 41 undergraduate and graduate students, were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and largest collegiate honor society, during the chapter’s annual meeting on campus March 19. Faculty and alumni inductees were Jeffrey Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, who was keynote speaker […]
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Leahy, student write report for Maine communities looking to start organizations that provide firewood for those in need.
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WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with first-year student Samantha Frank about becoming a 2015 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Association champion. The 105-pound Frank recently captured the crown in Texas. Frank, a nursing major who also is on the UMaine cheering squad, was voted most outstanding wrestler at the meet and earned All-American status. While the Windham […]
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The Free Press published an article about University of Maine student Sacre Bahati and his drive to be a professional bodybuilder. Bahati of South Portland is training for the OCB Pine Tree State Bodybuilding Competition this April in Westbrook, according to the article. “As long as I bring my best and have done my best, […]
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The Bangor Daily News and The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing first-year student Samantha Frank as a 2015 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Association champion. The 105-pound Frank pinned two-time All-American Mikayla Pica of Southwestern Oregon Community College to capture the crown this past weekend in Allen, Texas. Frank, a nursing […]
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Jane Haskell, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and educator, has been appointed to Maine’s Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. Haskell was nominated by Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau and holds a public member appointment. The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women is a government-appointed group dedicated to improving opportunities for […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 28th Expanding Your Horizons conference at the University of Maine. Nearly 500 middle school girls from around the state attended the event that aims to provide a safe and encouraging environment to explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Expanding Your Horizons, which is coordinated by the UMaine Women’s […]
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