Jesse Moriarity, coordinator of the University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation, and Jennifer Hooper, entrepreneur and mentor coordinator at the Foster Center, were interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about the Top Gun program they help manage. The Top Gun program is offered by Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development (MCED) and UMaine’s […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Sun Journal article advancing the Portland Flower Show that runs March 5–9. It is one of the last remaining judged flower shows of its kind in northern New England, according to a show organizer. The show’s 13 exhibitors will interpret the theme “Storybook Gardens” in […]
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Middle and high school students who are interested in history are welcome to attend a National History Day (NHD) research workshop at the University of Maine on March 3. Students, along with parents and/or teachers, will have the opportunity to meet with UMaine history faculty, graduate students and library staff from 2:30–4:30 p.m. on campus […]
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Organizers of the UMaine Business Challenge, the state’s largest student entrepreneurship competition, recently announced the contest is no longer limited to Maine’s public universities, according to Mainebiz. The organizers said students at all of Maine’s higher education institutions looking to pitch their business ideas are eligible to compete for a total of $20,000 in cash […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported high school teams from Maine and New Hampshire were set to compete at the Nor’easter Bowl — a regional ocean science competition — at the University of Maine over the weekend. Student teams were challenged with quick-answer buzzer questions and team challenge queries throughout the day. The winning team earns the […]
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High school teams from Maine and New Hampshire are competing in the Nor’easter Bowl — a regional ocean science competition — Saturday, Feb. 7, in the D.P. Corbett Business Building at the University of Maine. Science of oil in the ocean is the theme of the contest. Four- and five-member student teams will be challenged […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a student digital narrative project in a University of Maine new media course taught by Associate Professor Joline Blais. The project was inspired by the BDN endeavor titled My Maine Culture. The student projects celebrated Maine’s sense of place and included memories of lobstering and becoming immersed in Maine’s […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,114 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2014 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,622 are from Maine, 394 are from 32 other states and 98 are from 27 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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Keri Kaczor, a marine professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has secured annual funding for the Maine Healthy Beaches Program. Kaczor is the coordinator of the statewide program that is dedicated to monitoring water quality and protecting public health on Maine’s coastal beaches. The program, which is funded annually by a U.S. Environmental […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in an article by The Forecaster about the Portland School Department’s new school lunch campaign, “Choose School Lunch.” The program is a collaboration between the schools, Portland-based Cultivating Community, UMaine Extension and FoodCorps, a team of AmeriCorps leaders working to connect children with healthier food options, according […]
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