In an article on The Hill website about Karen Mills, a Maine native who is the head of the federal Small Business Association and now a member of President Obama’s Cabinet, recounted a tough task in 2007 of bringing together boat builders with composites materials manufacturers and researchers at UMaine. Mills, who was the 2009 […]
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Seven University of Maine undergraduates will take part in a research showcase Friday in the Hall of Flags at the Maine State House in Augusta.
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a variety of gardening and agricultural experts available to assess how the unseasonably warm spring weather could affect crops, ornamentals, fruit trees and flowers. Sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s and 70s could force early blooms for daffodils and other flowering plants throughout Maine, which can be […]
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University and government officials from Japan were in Orono this week to sign a research agreement between the University of Maine’s Maine Tidal Power Initiative and the North Japan Research Institute for Sustainable Energy of Hirosaki University.
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In the second of a two-part Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report about poverty in Washington County, Ann Acheson, a research associate at UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, commented about employment trends Downeast. Acheson said small-scale entrepreneurs, rather than large employers, are the key to economic development in the region. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]
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Tim Bowden, a UMaine assistant professor of aquaculture, made an appearance in a WABI TV report about a Maine Day celebration at the Weatherbee School in Hampden. Students at the school had an opportunity for hands-on learning about different elements of the state. Bowden was at the school to display oysters to the students. Contact: […]
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University of Maine men’s hockey fans who are interested in watching or traveling to Saturday’s NCAA regional game in Worcester, Mass., can visit a page on the Black Bears’ website for more information.
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Ali Erhan Ozluk, professor in the University of Maine Department of Mathematics and Statistics for 25 years, died March 1, 2012, in Bangor. He was born Sept. 13, 1952, in Denizli, Turkey, and had taught at the University of Maine since September 1987.
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Nine female Maine college students who are all alumnae of the Maine NEW Leadership program based at the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center will be in Augusta Thursday, March 22, to shadow current Maine legislators.
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Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine has launched an online Maine Seafood Guide to provide information on Maine seafood species, including: When is it in season? How and where is it fished? Can I catch it myself? What are the health benefits and risks? What do I look for when choosing, buying, and […]
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