Engineering News-Record reported on the new wind and wave laboratory being built at the University of Maine. During the summer of 2014, UMaine broke ground for an $8 million facility that will house W² — the world’s first wind and wave lab to feature a rotating open-jet wind tunnel above a 100-foot-long by 30-foot-wide by […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about Hide and Seek, a new student-owned coffee bar that is housed in the IMRC center on the University of Maine campus. The shop is run by UMaine graduate students Rachel Nelson, Sarah Hollows and Kris Mason, who credit Dan Sturrup, executive director of UMaine Auxiliary Services, with […]
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An economic impact study on Maine’s craft beer industry that was commissioned by the Maine Brewers’ Guild and conducted by two University of Maine economics professors was referenced in the Mainebiz article, “Business is brewing: Craft beer’s national growth is reflected in Maine.” Sean Sullivan, executive director of the Maine Brewers’ Guild, said the study […]
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Lara Katz, a senior from Arlington, Virginia majoring in wildlife ecology, with minors in anthropology and psychology, is this year’s Robert I. Ashman Scholar, the top academic award in UMaine’s forest resources and wildlife programs. Growing up in the suburbs of Washington D.C., Katz began her wildlife career volunteering at the Smithsonian National Zoo where […]
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In celebration of the national Upward Bound program’s 50th anniversary, three students from the University of Maine Upward Bound Math Science (UBMS) program were selected to attend the Council for Opportunity in Education’s 33rd annual conference, “Achieving College Success through Vision and Action,” and second annual student poster presentation exhibition in Washington, D.C. Justin Chan, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 2014 Engineering Job Fair held at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. About 90 companies were represented at the event that was co-sponsored by the UMaine College of Engineering and Career Center. Patty Counihan, director of the Career Center, said UMaine’s Engineering Department has a 99 […]
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Mainebiz reported the state is receiving $602,679 in specialty crop block grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support 10 agricultural initiatives, including one that aims to develop a hops industry to support the state’s growing craft beer industry. The grants also aim to increase the competitiveness of crops such as potatoes, wild blueberries, […]
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Nearly 700 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students and their teachers from 13 area schools will take part in the 2014 Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival at the University of Maine from 9:30 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14. Students will spend the day at the New Balance Field House learning about clean water, wetland […]
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Electrical engineering technology major, community college standout continuing education at UMaine.
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Mainebiz published an article on Dan Kerluke, a former associate head coach for the University of Maine hockey team, and the startup he co-founded to create a hockey goaltending analytics app. Kerluke started Double Blue Sports Analytics with David Alexander, who was a UMaine goalie coach, and Tim Westbaker, a computer programmer and UMaine alumnus. […]
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