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S7e9: What New Frontiers Await For Maine’S Space Economy?, Ron Lisnet, Ali Abedi, Joseph Patton
S7e9: What New Frontiers Await For Maine’S Space Economy?, Ron Lisnet, Ali Abedi, Joseph Patton
The Maine Question
University of Maine research and education have ascended beyond Earth’s atmosphere since the 1990s. For example, UMaine scientists have tested the latest hypervelocity decelerators for NASA space travel and created a wireless leak detection system for the International Space Station. Through its latest inventions and studies, and scholarship and fellowship programs, UMaine plays a critical role in advancing the state’s space economy and training future leaders in the aerospace industry. But the university is far from reaching its final frontier.
In recent years, UMaine researchers have been developing the state’s first small research satellite with the University of Southern Maine …
S6e11: How Can Teaching Innovation Fuel Maine’S Economy?, Ron Lisnet, Renee Kelly, Amber Boutiette, Tyler Delargy
S6e11: How Can Teaching Innovation Fuel Maine’S Economy?, Ron Lisnet, Renee Kelly, Amber Boutiette, Tyler Delargy
The Maine Question
Innovation fuels entrepreneurship in Maine. In recent years, several small business startups with novel ideas for products have created and sold them at a global scale. For more than a decade, the University of Maine Foster Center for Innovation has collaborated with students, faculty, staff, startups and established organizations, and offered courses and other resources on how to innovate. It also serves as a hub for commercializing and developing businesses from university research.
In the final episode of Season 6 of “The Maine Question,” Renee Kelly, assistant vice president of innovation and economic development at UMaine, discusses how innovation occurs, …
S5e7: What Career Opportunities Exist In The Outdoor Recreation Industry?, Ron Lisnet, Chris Bartram, Ryan Scott, Lauren Jacobs, Karen Beeftink
S5e7: What Career Opportunities Exist In The Outdoor Recreation Industry?, Ron Lisnet, Chris Bartram, Ryan Scott, Lauren Jacobs, Karen Beeftink
The Maine Question
Maine is known as Vacationland to lovers of outdoor recreation from around the world. An industry grew out of Mainers’ and tourists’ passion for hiking, biking, kayaking, skiing and other outside pastimes, and it generates $3 billion in economic activity for the state. The Outdoor Leadership program at UMaine was created to take advantage of this opportunity.
Working with an existing program at the University of Maine at Machias and University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H camps, this new program is preparing students for careers in tourism, education and other fields that pertain to outside activities and learning. In this …
S5e5: What Opportunities Exist In Sports Management?, Ron Lisnet, Jason Harkins, Muralee Das
S5e5: What Opportunities Exist In Sports Management?, Ron Lisnet, Jason Harkins, Muralee Das
The Maine Question
Sports have significant value for many people for various reasons. It serves as entertainment for some, a passion for others and a $1.3 trillion international industry for entrepreneurs.
College students studying business will find many career opportunities in sports management upon graduation. The Maine Business School at UMaine capitalized on the demand for college graduates with business degrees by creating a new sports management major. In this episode of “The Maine Question” podcast, we explore the employment prospects in the sports management field with Jason Harkins and Muralee Das, Maine Business School faculty who helped create this new major at …