You may not realize it, but Maine’s Public Universities have an impact on everyday real life things all around you – maybe even this Internet connection.
ORONO, Maine — Numerous high and middle school students descended on the University of Maine campus Friday for the fourth annual Maine Wind Blade Challenge and the DeepCwind Consortium’s Windstorm Challenge.
Students set up a model offshore wind turbine in a pool as part of UMaine's Windstorm challenge 2012
MACHIAS, Maine – The University of Maine at Machias has received a $30,000 grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation to add a high-speed bindery to its professional Book Arts Studio. The studio is home to the UMM Press and serves as the printing facility for students in the English and Book Arts degree program.
Read MoreOrono, Maine, April 12, 2012 – With 10Green, a new, interactive web tool (10Green.org) you can get a comprehensive assessment of the health of your local environment with just a few keystrokes. Just enter your zip code or the name of your community and 10Green gives you the health of your location on a simple 0 to 10 scale. This is the first time such a consumer-friendly environmental health tool has been made available.
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FARMINGTON, ME (April 11, 2012)—Chris Brinegar, adjunct associate professor of biology at the University of Maine at Farmington, has been awarded a $14,266 grant by the Save the Redwoods League, a San Francisco-based conservation organization, to fund a genetics project on two plant species in the coast redwood forests.
Read MoreThe University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation is seeking motivated, innovative Maine college students and Maine companies who want to make a difference for Maine through a new internship program supported by the
Blackstone Charitable Foundation.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its $1.4 million renovation of Powell Hall; a project incorporating many energy-savings components into the 47-year-old former dormitory.
Read MoreThe state’s economy could grow by 15,000 jobs during the next 20 years if Mainers embrace offshore wind projects, a University of Maine professor said Sunday.
Read MoreFunding has been hard to come by in recent years for offshore weather buoys in the Gulf of Maine, but two Maine organizations will be among several sharing nearly $1.8 million in federal funds to help keep the system operating.
Read MoreThe local high school and university expect to see their fuel costs lowered by an estimated 80 percent after installing a biomass heating system with the help of a $2.6 million federal grant announced Friday.
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A new process developed at the University of Maine for creating biofuel from wood wastes won’t instantly solve the world’s energy crisis, according to a researcher behind the project.
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A New York foundation will launch today a $3 million fund to help Maine’s fledgling entrepreneurial community create more innovative companies and jobs. The money will underwrite an initiative called Blackstone Accelerates Growth, part of a five-year, $50 million, multistate effort by Blackstone Charitable Foundation, an arm of the equity firm Blackstone Group LP, to promote entrepreneurship and job creation.
Read MoreBob Farris walked around the University of Maine at Machias’ campus Wednesday afternoon with a clipboard tucked under his arm and a forward-thinking attitude. He was talking energy: energy savings, energy use reduction, and energy reuse.
Read MoreThe University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Geospatial Information Technology Center has received a grant totaling $29,000 from the Quimby Family Foundation to complete non-motorized trail mapping efforts in the region using GIS and GPS technology.
Read MoreClasses at the University of Maine at Fort Kent won’t begin until next week, but twenty high school juniors already are earning college credit at the University thanks to a collaborative effort between UMFK and the local school administrative district.
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The University of Maine at Machias has been awarded more than $900,000 in grant funding from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Read MoreThe University of Maine at Fort Kent has been awarded a grant of $500,000 by the state Department of Conservation with federal stimulus funds to convert its largest residence hall (The Lodge), and its athletics complex (Sports Center) to a biomass heating system.
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