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Portland literary nonprofit, the Telling Room, names new executive director
Updated: September 24, 2021Kristina Powell joins the Telling Room, a nonprofit that helps young writers develop their skills, as executive director.
Updated: September 24, 2021
TD Bank invests $43M in UMaine System campus expansion projects
September 23, 2021The bond financing will support a range of new construction projects on the University of Southern Maine's Portland campus and at the University of Maine in Orono.
September 23, 2021
USM receives $10 million gift for new music school at planned Portland arts center
Updated: September 22, 2021The future Dr. Alfred and D. Suzi Osher School of Music at the University of Southern Maine will be housed at the planned Center for the Arts on USM's Portland campus.
Updated: September 22, 2021
Maine again ranks among the worst states for teachers, study says
September 21, 2021Maine sank to its lowest rank in three years, and nearly the lowest rank in the U.S., in an annual comparison of the "best" states for educators.
September 21, 2021
A Maine logging industry program focuses on growing the workforce
Updated: September 20, 2021Out of 12 people who graduated last week from the Mechanized Logging Operations Program, nine have committed to jobs and three are evaluating offers.
Updated: September 20, 2021SMCC opens language learning center
September 17, 2021The gift will support SMCC’s English for Speakers of Other Languages program. Since 2016, more than 1,500 students have participated in the ESOL program.
September 17, 2021
COA spends $4.5M for Bar Harbor student housing
September 16, 2021In a bid to tackle the tight affordable housing market in Bar Harbor, College of the Atlantic has purchased two residential complexes. The small private college and other organizations have various affordable housing projects in the pipeline.
September 16, 2021
HospitalityMaine releases 5-year workforce plan to rebuild industry 'in crisis'
September 15, 2021HospitalityMaine on Wednesday released a five-year roadmap for tackling the industry's workforce woes, including initiatives to attract more immigrants and people from disadvantaged communities to hotel and restaurant jobs.
September 15, 2021
College of the Atlantic dedicates its new human ecology center
September 15, 2021The new academic center's construction relied on efforts from two Belfast companies and a builder from Ellsworth.
September 15, 2021
Roux Institute kicks off Techstars Accelerator with 10 startups
September 13, 2021Participants in the 13-week program hail from as close as Harpswell and as far afield as the country of Chile.
September 13, 2021
Colby's new AI director may spark a new kind of liberal learning
September 10, 2021Amanda Stent will be the inaugural director of the Waterville college's new Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, the first such AI institute at a liberal arts college. Colby believes that's a gap that needs to be filled.
September 10, 2021
Central Maine Community College finds president within its ranks
Updated: September 3, 2021A national search for a new president drew 30 candidates, and ultimately led to the interim president. Her appointment comes as CMCC increasingly focuses on preparing students for in-demand careers.
Updated: September 3, 2021
On the Record: Margaret Brownlee, first DEI officer at Maine College of Art & Design, looks at what's next
Updated: September 6, 2021While employers are paying more attention to diversity, equity and inclusion, Brownlee believes recent DEI initiatives are a first step for Maine businesses and other organizations.
Updated: September 6, 2021
Portland B&M plant to go from beans to 'brains' as Roux Institute campus
August 31, 2021The B&M bean factory building and 13.5-acre waterfront building will become the campus of Northeastern University's Roux Institute under an agreement announced Monday by the seller, B&G Foods Inc.
August 31, 2021
UMaine launches marine product program to help drive the state's 'blue economy'
August 30, 2021Aquaculture and ocean energy are growing contributors to Maine’s “blue economy” — the subject of a new collaboration between science and business experts in working-waterfront industries.
August 30, 2021
Bowdoin raises its minimum wage to $17 an hour, starting Monday
August 27, 2021The wage hike was already scheduled, but changing labor conditions and the challenges of the pandemic have led the college to move up the raise by 10 months.
August 27, 2021
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