BRUNSWICK, Maine, Dec. 13 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news on Dec. 12, 2023: By Tom Porter The "lightbulb" moment for Fernando Nascimento occurred one day a few years ago when he was driving a minivan full of teenagers--his kids and their friends-- back from an afternoon's paint-balling. "They're being unusually quiet," thought the assistant professor of digital and computational studies (DCS) as he looked back to see all his passengers sitting with their heads down, apparently ig more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 12 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Fred Ellsworth Clow Culick, the Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Jet Propulsion, Emeritus, passed away on December 11. He was 90 years old. Culick was born in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, but spent most of his earliest years in Camden, Maine. He earned his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961 and began his association w more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 14 -- The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued the following news: The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is pleased to announce Melissa Hamlin as the PFAS Fund Management Specialist. Hamlin brings an impressive background to the new position, with over two decades of experience developing and executing complex projects, particularly in sustainable solutions within the marine construction environment. Her knowledge spans  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 13 -- The Maine Department of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2023: In front of hundreds of fourth and fifth grade students at Bangor's Fairmont School, the Maine Department of Education (DOE), I'm Your Neighbor Books, the Maine Community Foundation, the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, and school officials announced the delivery of 900 books featuring immigrant and new American families for all Bangor schools. The books contained in these Welcom more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Mills Administration is investing $3.5 million to support an innovative walk-in crisis center in Kennebec County and expanded treatment beds in Washington County Governor Janet Mills announced today that her Administration and local partners are taking steps to expand access to substance use disorder treatment services in Kennebec and Washington counties. The effort comes after the Governor and Legislatur more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 14 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on Dec. 13, 2023: On Wednesday, the Commission to Study the Expansion of Public Preschool and Early Care and Education voted on its draft report and final recommendations. All recommendations were unanimously supported by the commission. The commission was formed through LD 1799, "An Act to Expand Maine's High-quality Early Learning and Care for Children by Increasing Public Preschool Opportunities in Communities, more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Northeastern University issued the following news: Amarachukwu Ifeji spent her spare time in high school in Maine collecting stormwater and studying how storm events impacted the Penobscot River watershed. Now, her love of environmental science is taking her from Bangor to the United Kingdom. Ifeji, a fourth-year political science student at Northeastern University, is heading across the pond as a Marshall Scholar after she graduates this spring. The more PR

WATERVILLE, Maine, Dec. 13 -- Thomas College issued the following news release: Thomas College has been awarded a $19K grant from the MELMAC Education Foundation for the first year to implement a pilot program that uses near-peer academic mentoring to support the academic and psychosocial needs of student-athletes. Near-peer mentors understand the various facets of campus and academic life at Thomas College, and that collective knowledge gives them the ability to connect, provide encouragement more PR