Mainebiz reported the UMaine Business Challenge, Maine’s largest student entrepreneurship competition, recently announced The Fournier Family Foundation Technology Prize has been increased. The prize started with a $5,000 award to the contestant with the best business concept involving technology. For 2016, an additional $5,000 will be awarded to the contestant as follow-up funding if business […]
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https://youtu.be/AH-nJiH53jk Transcript Former UMaine football player Spencer Wood wants to save lives by reducing drinking and driving, and he’s doing just that with his startup company Tip Whip LLC. Located in Orono Maine, Tip Whip is a free ride-sharing service that has provided more than 18,000 rides to members of the Orono and Old Town […]
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https://youtu.be/Xk73BtO4fNo Transcript Registering online for classes in the community has never been easier thanks to the Orono-based company CourseStorm. UMaine alum and programmer Matt James co-founded the software company whose technology makes registering for courses online “impossibly simple.” Clients include various adult education programs around the country, including the Maine Adult Education system. CourseStorm is […]
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The Associated Press spoke with David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and professor in the School of Food and Agriculture, for an article about how machines are taking the place of migrant workers in Maine’s blueberry industry. A push toward mechanization is reducing the number of migrant farmers who […]
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Greg Porter, a professor of agronomy at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about what it takes to develop new potato varieties. For the last eight years, Porter has led UMaine’s potato breeding program, looking for the right combination of consumer marketability and disease and pest resistance, according […]
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The Associated Press reported University of Maine researchers are working on a two-year project to increase the state’s crop of locally grown plums. The project — funded by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry — is identifying suitable plum varieties for Maine’s climate that would help diversify the state’s apple farms. The project […]
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https://youtu.be/k4a7D9MyH38 Transcript Emma Wilson’s path to becoming president of a Maine startup company began in her undergraduate years at the University of Maine. As a fellow in UMaine’s Innovate for Maine Program (Blackstone Accelerates Growth), she interned with Zeomatrix, a university spin-off company specializing in a patented odor-absorbing technology. Under the direction of Wilson, Zeomatrix […]
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Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, spoke with Fosters.com for a report about Maine’s growing edible seaweed industry. Redmond said “there’s definitely a lot of potential” for the seaweed industry in Maine. “We’re not having rampant growth, but people are hearing about seaweed […]
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Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about Maine’s relatively small peach crop. Moran estimates there are about eight acres of peaches in the state compared with 2,000 acres of apple trees. In an ordinary year, the state’s climate is rough on the […]
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https://youtu.be/i0Wy1WO5FAs Transcript L&K Manufacturing Inc., didn’t always reside in a 1,500-square-foot space in Bangor Maine. The company was initially founded in a college apartment by Vincent Lewis and Andrew Katon who were UMaine engineering undergraduates. Once Katon, company president, and Lewis, CFO, launched L&K Manufacturing, they were able to utilize space at UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing […]
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