ORONO, Maine, April 1 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: University of Maine alumnus and "father of the personal computer" Chuck Peddle will deliver the keynote at "Disruptive Innovation," a moderated panel discussion April 5 on campus. Peddle, a Bangor native who earned a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from UMaine in 1959, is best known for his creation of the concept of distributed intelligence and the 6502 microprocessor. His work on the first affordable  more

BANGOR, Maine, April 1 -- The University of Southern Maine issued the following news release: The University of Southern Maine will launch a new doctorate in Leadership Studies in the fall of 2020, the first such program in New England. The new program -- which will be available online -- will build on USM's growing and highly regarded Leadership and Organizational Studies program which currently offers bachelors and masters degrees, as well as minors and certificates. "We will be unique, not  more