Editor’s note: Story updated March 13 From healthy foods to cutting-edge research, bioscience — applying knowledge to develop biological solutions — advances our quality of life. The University of Maine and the Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME) invite the public to tour top-notch UMaine facilities and learn about innovative programs that encompass the biosciences 4–7 […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated March 11. The 15th Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, hosted by the University of Maine Lobster Institute, will be held April 5–6 at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel in Portland, Maine. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Two Nations, Two Fisheries: Shared Challenges, Shared Opportunities.” Lobstermen, dealers, processors, scientists and policymakers […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a talk given Feb. 6 on the University of Maine campus by Habib Dagher, executive director and founder of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Dagher’s talk was an update on Aqua Ventus, a planned floating offshore wind project. The goal is to install floating turbines off the Maine coast […]
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The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine is accepting applications for the 2019 Maine Government Summer Internship Program. The 12-week program, which runs May 28 through Aug. 16, provides full-time, paid summer work experiences in town and city governments, as well as Maine state government agencies. Approximately 50 positions are expected […]
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Four discoveries will be showcased by University of Maine faculty-led teams from the Maine Innovation, Research and Technology Accelerator (MIRTA) beginning at 5 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Foster Center for Student Innovation on campus. The four MIRTA projects are: A nanocellulose composite orthopedic implant that promotes the growth of strong natural bone while safely […]
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Habib Dagher, executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, will provide an update Feb. 6 to the UMaine community on a floating offshore wind project aimed at developing a clean, renewable energy source off Maine’s coast. Dagher, the principal investigator of the Aqua Ventus offshore wind program, will […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner, and mentioned an award given to Renee Kelly, University of Maine assistant vice president for innovation and economic development. Kelly received the Arthur A. Comstock Professional Service Award, according to the article.
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The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce (BRCC) presented Renee Kelly, University of Maine assistant vice president for innovation and economic development, with the Arthur A. Comstock Professional Service Award on Jan. 25 at its Annual Awards Dinner. The award embodies Comstock’s generous spirit for donating expertise over an extended period of time to the chamber […]
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Ali Abedi, assistant vice president for research and director of the Center for Undergraduate Research at the University of Maine and professor of electrical and computer engineering, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was new, space-focused businesses in Maine and the state’s role in space innovation, as […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Sara Rademaker, the founder of elver-growing startup company American Unagi LLC, grew her business at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole before taking the next step. The company buys elvers, or young eels, from local harvesters and grows them to market size using land-based aquaculture practices. Rademaker […]
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