WATERVILLE, Maine, Nov. 23 -- Colby College issued the following news: Jordan Troisi, the newly appointed director of Colby's Center for Teaching and Learning and a team member since 2020, wants to help liberal arts colleges reflect more deeply on teaching. Colby faculty excel in their disciplines, and they are dedicated and passionate, Troisi said. Some, though, have had less opportunity to focus on their teaching methods than others. "This is especially true for our newest faculty members,"  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 22 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: The Legislative Council recently approved a bill from Rep. Kathy Shaw, D-Auburn, that would make it easier for more Mainers to grow their own food by exempting buildings used for the cultivation of crops, like permanent greenhouses, from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC). The exemption included in the bill, An Act to Exempt Buildings Used to Cultivate Crops from the Maine Uniform Building a more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 23 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order denying waiver (No. 2023-00102) on Nov. 22, 2023: * * * ECA MAINE FRY, LLC , Request for Approval of Waiver of Chapter 324 ORDER DENYING WAIVER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Through this Order, the Commission denies ECA Maine Fry, LLC's (ECA) request for a waiver of Ch. 324, Sec. 12(T) of the Commission's Rules. II. ECA WAIVER REQUEST On May 9, 2023, ECA filed a req more PR

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Nov. 22 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: The University of New England has announced the establishment of an Honors College designed to promote interdisciplinarity and innovation while enhancing the education of select, highly motivated undergraduate students. The UNE Honors College is an intellectual and social community within the University intended to recognize high-achieving students and provide them with varied academic and extracurric more PR

ORONO, Maine, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: A team of researchers, including one from the University of Maine, argue that vitamin supplements can help prevent secondary strokes. They also advocate for the value of new technologies in eye research to verify these findings. Homocysteine is an amino acid associated with stroke and secondary stroke when elevated above normal levels. B vitamins and folate, also known as vitamin B9, can help lower lev more PR