BRUNSWICK, Maine, Jan. 19 (TNSres) -- Bowdoin College issued the following news: * * * In 1908, more than eight hundred square miles of Siberian forest was destroyed in a mysterious explosion known as the Tunguska event, an incident that astrophysicist Thomas Baumgarte finds fascinating. * * * Baumgarte, who since 2016 has been Bowdoin's William R. Kenan Professor of Physics, refers to this event as a motivation for some of his latest research. Why would a scholar of astrophysics with a part more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 19 -- The Cleveland Institute of Music issued the following news: The awards for CIM's Keith Fitch just keep rolling in. The latest? Earlier this month, Fitch was named winner of the 2023 Composer Award from the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, a Maine-based nonprofit founded by visual artists Joan Beauregard and John David Ellis. The award includes a $50,000 commission for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, to be premiered in spring 2025, and a residency in Bangor and Rocklan more PR

FARMINGTON, Maine, Jan. 19 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: The University of Maine at Farmington has been awarded a $2.2 million development grant under the U.S. Department of Education Title III Strengthening Institutions Program. This competitive grant helps eligible Institutions of higher education become self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students. Funds from the five-year grant will be used to create "The Belonging Initiat more PR

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Jan. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: The University of New England has received a five-year, $10.8 million award from the National Institutes of Health to support an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) to be named the UNE Center for Cell Signaling Research (CCSR). The COBRE program supports the development of innovative biomedical research centers through awards for three sequen more PR